beschlagen
\bəˈʃlaːɡn̩\
The verdict
“beschlagen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Embuée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beschlagen · beschlagen · French
beschlagen · 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 | beschlagen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bəˈʃlaːɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
beschlagen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bəˈʃlaːɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
beschlagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 beschlagen, spelled B-E-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Embuée.
- 2Ferré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beschlagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gerade in der kalten Jahreszeit sind die Fenster oft beschlagen. Das Kondenswasser sollte man unbedingt aufwischen – sonst droht Schimmelgefahr.
(...) und so sind Eduards Freunde mehr als überrascht, als dieser eines Tages unter einer kanariengelben Kapuzenjacke eine Hose aus mauvefarbenem, strukturiertem Samt zur Schau trägt und so dicht beschlagene Treter anhat, dass diese, wenn er mit den Absätzen auf dem Asphalt schlurft, Funken schlagen.
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.