Bedrohung
\bəˈdʁoːʊŋ\
The verdict
“Bedrohung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Menace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bedrohung · Bedrohung · French
Bedrohung · 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 "B" 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 | Bedrohung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bəˈdʁoːʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Bedrohung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bəˈdʁoːʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menace.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bedrohung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Bedrohung, spelled B-E-D-R-O-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Menace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bedrohung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die existenzielle Bedrohung ihres Landes hat die Ukrainer*innen in nie gekannter Art und Weise zusammengeschweißt.
Am Montag ließ Lukaschenko verlauten, gemeinsame Truppen mit Russland an der Grenze zur Ukraine zu stationieren, um eine angebliche Bedrohung von dort abwehren zu können.
Synonyms
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.