hartnäckig
\ˈhaʁtˌnɛkɪç\
The verdict
“hartnäckig” 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) - Têtu, têtue, tenace, persistant, persistante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hartnackig · hartnäckig · French
hartnäckig · 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 "H" 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 | hartnäckig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhaʁtˌnɛkɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hartnäckig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhaʁtˌnɛkɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Têtu, têtue, tenace, persistant, persistante.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hartnäckig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hartnäckig, spelled H-A-R-T-N-Ä-C-K-I-G.
Definition
- 1Têtu, têtue, tenace, persistant, persistante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hartnäckig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Spätestens seit der Orangen Revolution von 2004 hält sich hartnäckig die Erzählung, die ukrainische Gesellschaft sei tief gespalten.
Es gibt hartnäckige Gerüchte, dass der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin an Krebs erkrankt sei. Auch wenn es stimmen sollte: Zugeben würde Putin das wohl nie.
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.