fernhalten
\ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩\
The verdict
“fernhalten” 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) - Tenir à distance, tenir à l'écart, tenir éloigné de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fernhalten · fernhalten · French
fernhalten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | fernhalten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fernhalten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fernhalten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tenir à distance, tenir à l'écart, tenir éloigné de quelque chose.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fernhalten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fernhalten, spelled F-E-R-N-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tenir à distance, tenir à l'écart, tenir éloigné de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fernhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»Ja, ja, ich weiß, daß Sie ein guter Sohn sind. Gehen Sie also jetzt zu Ihrem Vater. Ich habe auch einen Sohn und würde es sehr übelnehmen, wenn ihn jemand nach dreimonatiger Abwesenheit von mir fernhielte.«
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.