einen Frosch im Hals haben

\ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\

/\ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\/ verb

The verdict

“einen Frosch im Hals haben” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir un chat dans la gorge.

Key facts for einen Frosch im Hals haben
PropertyValue
Headwordeinen Frosch im Hals haben
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “einen Frosch im Hals haben” sits in French frequency

einen Frosch im Hals haben falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for einen Frosch im Hals haben is 26 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avoir un chat dans la gorge.".

No misspelling variants are generated for einen Frosch im Hals haben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is einen Frosch im Hals haben, spelled E-I-N-E-N- -F-R-O-S-C-H- -I-M- -H-A-L-S- -H-A-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir un chat dans la gorge.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einen Frosch im Hals haben"?
"einen Frosch im Hals haben" is spelled E-I-N-E-N- -F-R-O-S-C-H- -I-M- -H-A-L-S- -H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\.
What does "einen Frosch im Hals haben" mean?
As a verb, "einen Frosch im Hals haben" means: Avoir un chat dans la gorge.
How do you pronounce "einen Frosch im Hals haben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einen Frosch im Hals haben" is \ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “einen Frosch im Hals haben”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-I-N-E-N- -F-R-O-S-C-H- -I-M- -H-A-L-S- -H-A-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈaɪ.nən frɔʃ ʔɪm ˌhals ˈhaː.bən\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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