flehentlich
[ˈfleːəntlɪç]
The verdict
“flehentlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ängstlich dringend um etwas bittend
Corpus desk
Index DE-flehentlich · flehentlich · German
flehentlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | flehentlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfleːəntlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „flehentlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
flehentlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfleːəntlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ängstlich dringend um etwas bittend".
Zero misspellings are on record for flehentlich in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 flehentlich, spelled F-L-E-H-E-N-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1ängstlich dringend um etwas bittend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flehentlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das war ein feiner Junge, bloß stotterte er mächtig, es dauerte lange, bis er was raushatte, darum machte er auch so große flehentliche Augen.“
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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.