engstirnig
\ˈɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç\
The verdict
“engstirnig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Têtu, têtue, borné, bornée, étroit ou étroite d'esprit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engstirnig · engstirnig · French
engstirnig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | engstirnig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « engstirnig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
engstirnig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɛŋˌʃtɪʁnɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Têtu, têtue, borné, bornée, étroit ou étroite d'esprit.".
engstirnig has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 engstirnig, spelled E-N-G-S-T-I-R-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1Têtu, têtue, borné, bornée, étroit ou étroite d'esprit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how engstirnig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die unabhängige Wochenzeitschrift »Spectator« spricht von einem Schritt zur Annexion, und der »Manchester Guardian« nennt die französische Saarpolitik »ausgesprochen engstirnig«.
Synonyms
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.