gespannt
\ɡəˈʃpant\
The verdict
“gespannt” 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) - Tendu, captivé, excité ici associé à la notion de suspense.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gespannt · gespannt · French
gespannt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | gespannt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡəˈʃpant\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gespannt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡəˈʃpant\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gespannt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gespannt, spelled G-E-S-P-A-N-N-T.
Definition
- 1Tendu, captivé, excité ici associé à la notion de suspense.
- 2Caractéristique sonore d’une voyelle que possèdent les voyelles longues en allemand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gespannt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin gespannt!
gespannte Beziehungen
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.