afwijzen
The verdict
“afwijzen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Refuser, rejeter, repousser, éconduire, débouter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-afwijzen · afwijzen · French
afwijzen · 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 | afwijzen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « afwijzen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
afwijzen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Refuser, rejeter, repousser, éconduire, débouter.".
afwijzen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 afwijzen, spelled A-F-W-I-J-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Refuser, rejeter, repousser, éconduire, débouter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how afwijzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Een aanbod afwijzen.
Een afwijzend antwoord.
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.