fühlen
[ˈfyːlən]
The verdict
“fühlen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,290
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - per Tastsinn beziehungsweise allgemein über die Haut wahrnehmen oder erkunden
Corpus desk
Index DE-fuhlen · fühlen · German
fühlen · rank #1,290 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,290
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH führte
Nearest frequency peer: führte (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „fühlen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Erfahrungen
Erfahrungen
98,714 corpus weight
- erwähnt
erwähnt
98,713 corpus weight
- fühlen
fühlen
98,711 corpus weight
- führte
führte
98,710 corpus weight
- fürs
fürs
98,709 corpus weight
- Gebiet
Gebiet
98,708 corpus weight
What this shows „fühlen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfyːlən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fühlen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fühlen (IPA [ˈfyːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,290 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fühlen, with forms such as "ffühlen", "fhülen", and "füheln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fühlt", "führe", "Fülle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 fühlen, spelled F-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1per Tastsinn beziehungsweise allgemein über die Haut wahrnehmen oder erkunden
- 2sich selbst in einem bestimmten Zustand wahrnehmen
- 3von sich selbst ein gewisses Bild haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fühlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er bekam den Stock zu fühlen.
Er fühlt sein Herz bis zum Hals schlagen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffühlen
- fhülen
- füheln
- fühhlen
- fühlenn
- fühllen
- fühlne
- fülhen
- üfhlen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fühlen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fühlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).