Führung
\ˈfyː.ʁʊŋ\
The verdict
“Führung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Direction, activité ou droit de déterminer les actions d’une organisation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fuhrung · Führung · French
Führung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Führung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfyː.ʁʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Führung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfyː.ʁʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Führung has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Führung, spelled F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Direction, activité ou droit de déterminer les actions d’une organisation.
- 2Totalité des personnes qui dirigent un état ou une entreprise.
- 3Action ou processus de guider un objet, une organisation ou une activité.
- 4Avantage par rapport à ses compétiteurs.
- 5Visite guidée.
- 6Guidage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Führung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ungeachtet chinesischer Drohgebärden in den vergangenen Wochen haben die USA formelle Handelsgespräche mit Taiwan angekündigt. (...) Die Führung in Peking schäumt - doch sind ihr weitgehend die Hände gebunden, (...)
Das deutsche Eishockey-Team unterliegt im Finale der Weltmeisterschaft Rekordchampion Kanada 2:5 - und das trotz zweimaliger Führung.
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.