echt
\ɛçt\
The verdict
“echt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Authentique, non falsifié.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echt · echt · French
echt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | echt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛçt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « echt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
echt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛçt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for echt, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 echt, spelled E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Authentique, non falsifié.
- 2Vrai, véritable, réel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how echt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es handelt sich hier um die echten Dokumente.
Er ist ein echter Freund.
Antonyms
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.