Frankfurter
\ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁtɐ\
The verdict
“Frankfurter” is uncommon French (frequency #55,297 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,297
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la ville de Francfort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frankfurter · Frankfurter · French
Frankfurter · rank #55,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,297
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Franprix
Nearest frequency peer: Franprix (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Frankfurter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- formidablem…
formidablement
44,708 corpus weight
- fortunées
fortunées
44,707 corpus weight
- fossette
fossette
44,706 corpus weight
- Frankfurter
Frankfurter
44,704 corpus weight
- Franprix
Franprix
44,703 corpus weight
- fréquentable
fréquentable
44,701 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Frankfurter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frankfurter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁtɐ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Frankfurter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Frankfurter is uncommon French at frequency #55,297 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁtɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la ville de Francfort.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Frankfurter, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Frankfurter, spelled F-R-A-N-K-F-U-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la ville de Francfort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frankfurter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Victor Lenzen hat Politik, Geschichte und Journalismus studiert und danach ein Volontariat bei einer Frankfurter Tageszeitung absolviert. Er wechselte nach München, er stieg schnell auf, wurde Redaktionsleiter einer Münchener Tageszeitung. Dann ging er ins Ausland.
Das, was die Verschwörer um den Frankfurter Immobilienunternehmer Heinrich XIII. Prinz Reuß planten, hätte der größte Terroranschlag in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik werden können: ein Sturm auf den Bundestag während laufender Sitzung, durch kampferprobte, hochgerüstete Militärs in schusssicheren Westen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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