existieren
\ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən\
The verdict
“existieren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Exister, être actuellement, ne pas être imaginé mais avoir une réalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-existieren · existieren · French
existieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | existieren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
existieren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˌɛksɪsˈtiːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
existieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is existieren, spelled E-X-I-S-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Exister, être actuellement, ne pas être imaginé mais avoir une réalité.
- 2Vivre, survivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how existieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bereits seit mehreren Tagen kursierten Gerüchte über den spektakulären Datenklau. Dass der Leak jedoch tatsächlich existiert, wurde unlängst von mehreren Experten bestätigt (...)
Falls ich daran zweifelte zu existieren, bräuchte ich mich nur zu kneifen.
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.