abscheulich
\apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç\
The verdict
“abscheulich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abominable, odieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abscheulich · abscheulich · French
abscheulich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | abscheulich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
abscheulich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abominable, odieux.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abscheulich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abscheulich, spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Abominable, odieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abscheulich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diejenigen, die diese abscheulichen Verbrechen begangen haben, dürfen nicht ungestraft davonkommen.
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.