hinfällig
\ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç\
The verdict
“hinfällig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annulé, obsolète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hinfallig · hinfällig · French
hinfällig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | hinfällig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hinfällig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Annulé, obsolète.".
hinfällig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hinfällig, spelled H-I-N-F-Ä-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Annulé, obsolète.
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.