fünften
[ˈfʏnftn̩]
The verdict
“fünften” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,432
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Numerals fünfte
Corpus desk
Index DE-funften · fünften · German
fünften · rank #4,432 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,432
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,736
- PHOTO-FINISH Finanzen
Nearest frequency peer: Finanzen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fünften”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- FIFA
FIFA
95,571 corpus weight
- Finanzen
Finanzen
95,570 corpus weight
- fünften
fünften
95,569 corpus weight
- Gebühren
Gebühren
95,568 corpus weight
- Genehmigung
Genehmigung
95,567 corpus weight
- glatt
glatt
95,566 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fünften” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | fünften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈfʏnftn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fünften” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around fünften (IPA [ˈfʏnftn̩]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #4,432 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fünften, with forms such as "ffünften", "fnüften", and "füfnten". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Funken", "Fürsten", "fünfter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fünften, spelled F-Ü-N-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Numerals fünfte
- 2Genitiv Singular Neutrum des Numerals fünfte
- 3Dativ Plural des Numerals fünfte
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffünften
- fnüften
- füfnten
- fünfetn
- fünfften
- fünftenn
- fünftne
- fünftten
- fünnften
- füntfen
- üfnften
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fünften - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fünften", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.