hinterfotzig
\ˈhɪntɐfɔt͡sɪç\
The verdict
“hinterfotzig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sournois, fourbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hinterfotzig · hinterfotzig · French
hinterfotzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hinterfotzig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhɪntɐfɔt͡sɪç\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hinterfotzig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhɪntɐfɔt͡sɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sournois, fourbe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hinterfotzig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hinterfotzig, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-F-O-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1Sournois, fourbe.
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.