altersschwach
\ˈaltɐsˌʃvax\
The verdict
“altersschwach” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affaibli par l’âge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-altersschwach · altersschwach · French
altersschwach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | altersschwach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈaltɐsˌʃvax\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
altersschwach is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈaltɐsˌʃvax\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affaibli par l’âge.".
No misspelling variants are generated for altersschwach in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 altersschwach, spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-S-C-H-W-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Affaibli par l’âge.
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.