fue
[fwe]
The verdict
“fue” is uncommon German (frequency #76,796 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,796
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ historisches Perfekt Aktiv des Verbs ser
Corpus desk
Index DE-fue · fue · German
fue · rank #76,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,796
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Frührente
Nearest frequency peer: Frührente (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fue“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fremdheit
Fremdheit
23,209 corpus weight
- fri
fri
23,208 corpus weight
- Frührente
Frührente
23,206 corpus weight
- fue
fue
23,205 corpus weight
- Funktionstü…
Funktionstüchtigkeit
23,203 corpus weight
- furie
furie
23,202 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fue“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fue |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fwe] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fue“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fue is uncommon German at frequency #76,796 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fwe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fue, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fue, spelled F-U-E.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ historisches Perfekt Aktiv des Verbs ser
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ historisches Perfekt Aktiv des Verbs ir
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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