gegenüber
\ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ\
The verdict
“gegenüber” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - En face.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gegenuber · gegenüber · French
gegenüber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | gegenüber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gegenüber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gegenüber is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En face.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gegenüber, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 gegenüber, spelled G-E-G-E-N-Ü-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1En face.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gegenüber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Haus gegenüber ist unseres.
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.