abschrecken
\ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩\
The verdict
“abschrecken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Dissuader.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abschrecken · abschrecken · French
abschrecken · 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 "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 | abschrecken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abschrecken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abschrecken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abschrecken has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is abschrecken, spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dissuader.
- 2Rincer brièvement quelque chose de chaud à l’eau froide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschrecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Scholz sollte auch deutlich machen, dass (...) Deutschland es als zentrale Herausforderung sieht, den friedlichen Status quo in der Straße von Taiwan zu bewahren und Peking von der Anwendung von Gewalt abzuschrecken.
Tierische Fressfeinde sind ohnehin selten und werden überdies von vornherein durch die dicht an dicht stehenden Stachel abgeschreckt. Dieses Fehlen eines Selektionsdrucks erlaubt den Kakteen, ungeniert eine große Vielfalt an grotesken, zum Amüsement der Touristen geeigneten Formen hervorzubringen.
Antonyms
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.