gehorchen
\ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩\
The verdict
“gehorchen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Obéir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gehorchen · gehorchen · French
gehorchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | gehorchen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gehorchen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡəˈhɔʁçn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obéir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gehorchen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gehorchen, spelled G-E-H-O-R-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Obéir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gehorchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat widerwillig gehorcht.
Es blieb ihm nichts anderes übrig, als zu gehorchen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.