gelassen
\ɡəˈlasn̩\
The verdict
“gelassen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Calme, tranquille, serein, détendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelassen · gelassen · French
gelassen · 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 | gelassen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡəˈlasn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gelassen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gelassen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡəˈlasn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calme, tranquille, serein, détendu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gelassen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gelassen, spelled G-E-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Calme, tranquille, serein, détendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gelassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Stimmung war gelassen.
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.