charakteristisch
\kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃ\
The verdict
“charakteristisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractéristique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-charakteristisch · charakteristisch · French
charakteristisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | charakteristisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
charakteristisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kaʁaktəˈʁɪstɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractéristique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for charakteristisch in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 charakteristisch, spelled C-H-A-R-A-K-T-E-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Caractéristique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how charakteristisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die emphatischen Laute sind für das Arabische charakteristisch.
Ärztinnen und Ärzte erkennen Windpocken in der Regel am charakteristischen Hautausschlag. Das Blut oder die Bläschenflüssigkeit wird nur bei einem untypischen Krankheitsverlauf auf Viren untersucht.
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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.