Federweisser
"federweisser" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Federweisser” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partially fermented grape must.
Corpus desk
Index EN-federweisser · Federweisser · English
Federweisser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Federweisser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Federweisser” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Federweisser is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partially fermented grape must.".
Federweisser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Federweißer. The correct English form is Federweisser, spelled F-E-D-E-R-W-E-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Partially fermented grape must.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Federweisser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Federweisser is not one of the ever newly-emerging, unpronounceable varietals like Frühroter Veltliner, Kerner, […]. It is a beverage rich in history and is made of freshly fermenting grape juice from just-pressed grapes that you can drink during all the stages of fermentation.
That's why Federweisser, while delicious, is famously dangerous: caps are not screwed tightly to allow the gases to escape, so be careful to keep it upright. What's more, the longer you keep it around, the drunker you'll be: […]
Etymology
Borrowed from German Federweißer.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.