fehlerhaft
The verdict
“fehlerhaft” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erroné, erronée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fehlerhaft · fehlerhaft · French
fehlerhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | fehlerhaft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fehlerhaft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erroné, erronée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fehlerhaft in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fehlerhaft, spelled F-E-H-L-E-R-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Erroné, erronée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fehlerhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie viele der Testkits fehlerhaft waren, teilte die Behörde nicht mit.
Die dem Programm zugrunde liegenden Prognosen seien teilweise fehlerhaft, weil etwa nicht die aktuellsten Daten berücksichtigt worden seien, erklärte die Vorsitzende Richterin.
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.