Fräulein
The verdict
“Fräulein” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Demoiselle, mademoiselle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fraulein · Fräulein · French
Fräulein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Fräulein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Fräulein is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demoiselle, mademoiselle.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Fräulein, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Fräulein, spelled F-R-Ä-U-L-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Demoiselle, mademoiselle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fräulein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les adieux sont courts, la femme de chambre et la Fräulein ont hâte de ramener leur maîtresse à l’intérieur, avant qu’une crise de sa paralysie nerveuse se déclenche et qu’elle tombe sur le pavé gras.
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.