funktionieren
\fʊŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən\
The verdict
“funktionieren” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fonctionner, marcher, aller pour un objet, une installation, un spectacle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | funktionieren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʊŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “funktionieren” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for funktionieren is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fʊŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for funktionieren, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is funktionieren, spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fonctionner, marcher, aller pour un objet, une installation, un spectacle.
- 2Agir ou servir comme.
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.
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Using “funktionieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʊŋkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.