Gehorsam
\ˌɡeˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm\
The verdict
“Gehorsam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obéissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gehorsam · Gehorsam · French
Gehorsam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Gehorsam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɡeˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Gehorsam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɡeˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obéissance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gehorsam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Gehorsam, spelled G-E-H-O-R-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Obéissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gehorsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Gehorsam verweigern.
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.