extern
\ˌɛksˈtɛʁn\
The verdict
“extern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Externe, qui est à ou vient de l’extérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extern · extern · French
extern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | extern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌɛksˈtɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extern » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌɛksˈtɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Externe, qui est à ou vient de l’extérieur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for extern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is extern, spelled E-X-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Externe, qui est à ou vient de l’extérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich sichere regelmässig meine Daten auf ein externes Laufwerk.
Nach der Ausfall unserer Produktionsanlage müssten wir eine externe Alternative suchen.
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.