feldgrau
\fɛld.gʁaw\
The verdict
“feldgrau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une couleur gris-vert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feldgrau · feldgrau · French
feldgrau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | feldgrau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛld.gʁaw\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
feldgrau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛld.gʁaw\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une couleur gris-vert.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for feldgrau, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 feldgrau, spelled F-E-L-D-G-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1D’une couleur gris-vert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how feldgrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il me présenta un uniforme et m’aida à l’endosser. J’en examinai l’effet dans la grande glace de Schlapps. C’était le fameux uniforme feldgrau, dont j’avais déjà porté un spécimen aux manœuvres.
Des hommes en uniforme de feldgrau mendiaient dans les rues ; des femmes en deuil, appartenant à l’aristocratie, imploraient la splendeur d’un repas ou la fraîcheur d’un litre de bière, sinon la consolation d’un verre d’alcool.
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.