feindlich
\ˈfaɪ̯ntlɪç\
The verdict
“feindlich” 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) - Ennemi, hostile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feindlich · feindlich · French
feindlich · 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 | feindlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfaɪ̯ntlɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « feindlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
feindlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfaɪ̯ntlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ennemi, hostile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for feindlich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 feindlich, spelled F-E-I-N-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Ennemi, hostile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how feindlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es genügt, daß drei Reisende zufällig im selben Zugabteil sitzen, damit alle übrigen Reisenden irgendwie feindliche «andere» werden. Für den Dorfbewohner sind alle Leute, die nicht zu seinem Dorf gehören, verdächtige «andere».
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.