daraufhin
\da.raʊf.ˈhɪn\
The verdict
“daraufhin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Exprime une relation causale et/ou une succession temporelle, souvent les deux : à la suite de quoi, en conséquence, conséquemment, alors, sur ce, là-dessus, ensuite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daraufhin · daraufhin · French
daraufhin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | daraufhin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \da.raʊf.ˈhɪn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daraufhin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daraufhin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \da.raʊf.ˈhɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for daraufhin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 daraufhin, spelled D-A-R-A-U-F-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1Exprime une relation causale et/ou une succession temporelle, souvent les deux : à la suite de quoi, en conséquence, conséquemment, alors, sur ce, là-dessus, ensuite.
- 2Précise un objectif, un but : afin de, pour, en vue de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daraufhin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sahen den Unfall und riefen daraufhin den Rettungsdienst.
Beim Gespräch einigten wir uns über die guten Erfolgsaussichten des Projektes. Daraufhin wurde es von der Geschäftsleitung angenommen.
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.