Ehefrau
\ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯\
The verdict
“Ehefrau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme, épouse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ehefrau · Ehefrau · French
Ehefrau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- 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 | Ehefrau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ehefrau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ehefrau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme, épouse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ehefrau in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Ehefrau, spelled E-H-E-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1Femme, épouse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehefrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Ehefrau fragt sich immer, warum sie mich geheiratet hat.
Der umstrittene Besuch einer Feier der russischen Botschaft hat für die Ehefrau von Altkanzler Gerhard Schröder, Soyeon Schröder-Kim, Folgen. Eine landeseigene Handelsagentur aus NRW beendet ihr Dienstverhältnis mit der 55-Jährigen fristlos – zuvor habe es mehrere Warnungen gegeben.
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.