füttern
[ˈfʏtɐn]
The verdict
“füttern” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,238
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem Tier Nahrung geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-futtern · füttern · German
füttern · rank #11,238 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,238
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fächern
Nearest frequency peer: Fächern (-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 „füttern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- friends
friends
88,766 corpus weight
- Funken
Funken
88,765 corpus weight
- Fächern
Fächern
88,764 corpus weight
- füttern
füttern
88,763 corpus weight
- gebannt
gebannt
88,762 corpus weight
- gefilmt
gefilmt
88,761 corpus weight
What this shows „füttern“ 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 | füttern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʏtɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „füttern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around füttern (IPA [ˈfʏtɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,238 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for füttern, with forms such as "ffüttern", "ftütern", and "fütern". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "füttert", "Fütterung", "Futter", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is füttern, spelled F-Ü-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1einem Tier Nahrung geben
- 2jemandem, der nicht selbstständig essen kann, die mundgerechte Nahrung zuführen
- 3ständig zur Verfügung stellen
- 4(einer Maschine, einem Programm) Daten liefern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how füttern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er füttert sein Meerschweinchen.
„Mit diesen verbrachte ich all meine freie Zeit, und nie war ich glücklicher, als wenn ich sie fütterte und liebkoste.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffüttern
- ftütern
- fütern
- fütetrn
- füttenr
- fütternn
- fütterrn
- füttren
- üfttern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of füttern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "füttern", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).