enfant
[ɑ̃.fɑ̃]
The verdict
“enfant” is uncommon German (frequency #63,269 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,269
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind
Corpus desk
Index DE-enfant · enfant · German
enfant · rank #63,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,269
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Elektroschock…
Nearest frequency peer: Elektroschocker (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „enfant“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- eisernes
eisernes
36,735 corpus weight
- Eitelkeiten
Eitelkeiten
36,734 corpus weight
- Elektroscho…
Elektroschocker
36,733 corpus weight
- enfant
enfant
36,732 corpus weight
- entschiedene
entschiedene
36,731 corpus weight
- entschlosse…
entschlossener
36,730 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „enfant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɑ̃.fɑ̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „enfant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
enfant is uncommon German at frequency #63,269 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɑ̃.fɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kind".
Zero misspellings are on record for enfant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is enfant, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Kind
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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