herunterfahren
\hɛˈʁʊntɐˌfaːʁən\
The verdict
“herunterfahren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduire, diminuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herunterfahren · herunterfahren · French
herunterfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | herunterfahren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \hɛˈʁʊntɐˌfaːʁən\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
herunterfahren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \hɛˈʁʊntɐˌfaːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
herunterfahren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is herunterfahren, spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Réduire, diminuer.
- 2Arrêter, éteindre (un ordinateur, un programme).
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.