befürchten
\bəˈfʏʁçtn̩\
The verdict
“befürchten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Craindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-befurchten · befürchten · French
befürchten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | befürchten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈfʏʁçtn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « befürchten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
befürchten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bəˈfʏʁçtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Craindre.".
Zero misspellings are on record for befürchten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is befürchten, spelled B-E-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Craindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how befürchten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich befürchte, dass es morgen stark regnen wird.
Es tut mir leid, aber ich befürchte, die englische Küche schmeckt mir nicht.
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.