gefährlich
\ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪç\
The verdict
“gefährlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dangereux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gefahrlich · gefährlich · French
gefährlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gefährlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gefährlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dangereux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gefährlich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gefährlich, spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Dangereux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gefährlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lange kann Apis seine Untat allerdings nicht genießen. Als gefährlicher Mitwisser wird er am 24. Juni 1917 nach einem Kriegsgerichtsverfahren von serbischen Truppen exekutiert.
Jeglicher Kontakt mit Ausländern ist verboten, denn sie werden verdächtigt, in Form von Büchern, Schallplatten oder sogar Bekleidung den gefährlichen westlichen Virus einzuschleusen und gleichzeitig Texte von Dissidenten außer Landes zu bringen.
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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.