fruchtlos
\ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs\
The verdict
“fruchtlos” 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) - Infructueux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fruchtlos · fruchtlos · French
fruchtlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | fruchtlos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fruchtlos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fruchtlos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fruchtlos, spelled F-R-U-C-H-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Infructueux.
- 2Inutile.
- 3Stérile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fruchtlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Weihnachtsfest 1999 war missraten; ich versuchte, ins Internet reinzukommen, schaffte es aber nicht. Ich war gerade umgezogen; wahrscheinlich hätte ich die Modemkarte reinstallieren lassen müssen oder so was in der Art. Die fruchtlosen Bemühungen ermüdeten mich schnell, gegen elf Uhr schlief ich ein.
Antonyms
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.