erkennbar
\ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“erkennbar” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Reconnaissable, perceptible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erkennbar · erkennbar · French
erkennbar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | erkennbar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
erkennbar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈkɛnbaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reconnaissable, perceptible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for erkennbar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 erkennbar, spelled E-R-K-E-N-N-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Reconnaissable, perceptible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erkennbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit deutschen Sprachkenntnissen ist die Fälschung trotz echter Personendaten eindeutig erkennbar. Das bestätigt auch Peter van Dyk von der Pressestelle der Stadt Bochum, der der Vorgang bereits bekannt ist, da dort angeblich das Formular gezeichnet und gestempelt wurde.
Im Güterverkehr findet eine erkennbare Verlagerung von der Strasse auf die Schiene statt. Erstmals ist neben dem Transitverkehr auch ein deutliches Wachstum im regionalen Schienengüterverkehr zwischen dem Tessin und der Deutschschweiz festzustellen.
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.