beträchtlich
\bəˈtʁɛçtlɪç\
The verdict
“beträchtlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Considérable, grave, important, majeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-betrachtlich · beträchtlich · French
beträchtlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | beträchtlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bəˈtʁɛçtlɪç\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
beträchtlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bəˈtʁɛçtlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Considérable, grave, important, majeur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for beträchtlich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is beträchtlich, spelled B-E-T-R-Ä-C-H-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Considérable, grave, important, majeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beträchtlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Denn ein beträchtlicher Teil der Wählerschaft – vor allem der akademisch ausgebildeten Mittelschicht – ist zwar für linke kritische Gedanken aufgeschlossen, aber zugleich der europäischen Idee stark verbunden.
Als unser Vater starb, vererbte er uns nicht nur ein Grundstück mit einem alten Haus, sondern auch beträchtliche Schulden.
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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.