gewöhnlich
\ɡə.ˈvøːn.lɪç\
The verdict
“gewöhnlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordinaire, normal, usuel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gewohnlich · gewöhnlich · French
gewöhnlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | gewöhnlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡə.ˈvøːn.lɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gewöhnlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡə.ˈvøːn.lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ordinaire, normal, usuel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gewöhnlich in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gewöhnlich, spelled G-E-W-Ö-H-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Ordinaire, normal, usuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gewöhnlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Geschichte ist sehr gewöhnlich.
Ganz Russland riss sich um die Nummer 11 der Zeitschrift Novy Mir, in der diese nüchterne und minutiöse Erzählung eines gewöhnlichen Tagesablaufs eines gewöhnlichen Gefangenen in einem nicht einmal besonders harten Lager erschien.
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.