abfällig
\ˈapˌfɛlɪç\
The verdict
“abfällig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Méprisant, désobligeant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abfallig · abfällig · French
abfällig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | abfällig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈapˌfɛlɪç\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
abfällig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈapˌfɛlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méprisant, désobligeant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for abfällig in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abfällig, spelled A-B-F-Ä-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Méprisant, désobligeant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abfällig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jahrzehntelang waren die Deutschen die beliebtesten Opfer englischen Spotts. Witzige und abfällige Bemerkungen über die Nation, der das jetzige englische Königshaus entstammt, gehörten zur Volksbelustigung.
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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.