anstößig
\an.ˌʃtøː.sɪk\
The verdict
“anstößig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Choquant, licencieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ansto-ig · anstößig · French
anstößig · 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 | anstößig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \an.ˌʃtøː.sɪk\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anstößig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anstößig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \an.ˌʃtøː.sɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Choquant, licencieux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anstößig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is anstößig, spelled A-N-S-T-Ö-S-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1Choquant, licencieux.
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.