fürchterlich
\ˈfyr.çtɐ.lɪç\
The verdict
“fürchterlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrible, effrayant, effrayante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-furchterlich · fürchterlich · French
fürchterlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | fürchterlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfyr.çtɐ.lɪç\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fürchterlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfyr.çtɐ.lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terrible, effrayant, effrayante.".
fürchterlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fürchterlich, spelled F-Ü-R-C-H-T-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Terrible, effrayant, effrayante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fürchterlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Aussehen war fürchterlich.
Wir hatten (den Verunglückten) hinaus auf eine Bank getragen, und nun lag er da in diesem fürchterlichen Licht der schon untergegangenen Sonne, das von übereinander geschichteten Wolkenbänken sandigrot niederstrahlte. Der Anblick, den der Verunglückte bot, war beängstigend.
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.