furchtbar
\ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“furchtbar” 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) - Terrible, effrayant
Corpus desk
Index FR-furchtbar · furchtbar · French
furchtbar · 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 | furchtbar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
furchtbar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for furchtbar, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is furchtbar, spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Terrible, effrayant
- 2Excessif.
- 3Très grand, large.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how furchtbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kaffee galt (...) lange als gesundheitsschädlich, wie ein bis heute populärer Kanon aus dem 19. Jahrhundert nahelegt, in dem vor den furchtbaren Folgen des Konsums gewarnt wird. Das beliebte Aufputschmittel „schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank“, heißt es in dem Lied.
Synonyms
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.