fürchtet
[ˈfʏʁçtət]
The verdict
“fürchtet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,550
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fürchten
Corpus desk
Index DE-furchtet · fürchtet · German
fürchtet · rank #9,550 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,550
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fundament
Nearest frequency peer: Fundament (-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 “fürchtet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Frisur
Frisur
90,454 corpus weight
- Frucht
Frucht
90,453 corpus weight
- Fundament
Fundament
90,452 corpus weight
- fürchtet
fürchtet
90,451 corpus weight
- Gebote
Gebote
90,449 corpus weight
- gefiel
gefiel
90,448 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fürchtet” 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 | fürchtet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʏʁçtət] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “fürchtet” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fürchtet (IPA [ˈfʏʁçtət]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,550 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fürchtet, with forms such as "ffürchtet", "früchtet", and "fücrhtet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fürchtete", "fürchteten", "Furcht", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fürchtet, spelled F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fürchten
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fürchten
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fürchten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffürchtet
- früchtet
- fücrhtet
- fürcchtet
- fürchett
- fürchhtet
- fürchtett
- fürchttet
- fürcthet
- fürhctet
- fürrchtet
- üfrchtet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fürchtet - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fürchtet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "fürchtet". Here's where to go from here.
- "fürchtet" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fürchtete". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,550 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.