aftrekken
[ɑf.tɾɛ.kǝⁿ]
The verdict
“aftrekken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soustraire, déduire (de), prélever, retrancher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aftrekken · aftrekken · French
aftrekken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | aftrekken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɑf.tɾɛ.kǝⁿ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aftrekken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɑf.tɾɛ.kǝⁿ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
aftrekken has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 aftrekken, spelled A-F-T-R-E-K-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Soustraire, déduire (de), prélever, retrancher.
- 2Infuser.
- 3Tirer, branler.
- 4Se tirer, se branler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aftrekken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Een bedrag van een rekening aftrekken.
Synonyms
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.