fabelhaft
\ˈfaːbl̩haft\
The verdict
“fabelhaft” 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) - Fabuleux, relatif à la fable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fabelhaft · fabelhaft · French
fabelhaft · 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 "F" 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 | fabelhaft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfaːbl̩haft\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fabelhaft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfaːbl̩haft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fabelhaft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fabelhaft, spelled F-A-B-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Fabuleux, relatif à la fable.
- 2Fabuleux, grandiose, très bon.
- 3Fabuleux, grandiose, important, très large.
- 4Très.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fabelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was er da erzählte, war so fabelhaft, dass es kaum einer glauben wollte.
Er ist nicht nur der Erfinder des traurig berühmten Guide du Routard, sondern hat in glücklicheren Zeiten auch den fabelhaften Guide Michelin ersonnen, der dank seines ausgeklüglten Sterne-Systems erstmals die Möglichkeit bot, den Planeten hinsichtlich seines Erholungs- und Unterhaltungswerts zu rastern.
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.