klemmen
\ˈklɛ.mn̩\
The verdict
“klemmen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glisser, caler quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-klemmen · klemmen · French
klemmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | klemmen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈklɛ.mn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « klemmen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
klemmen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈklɛ.mn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for klemmen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is klemmen, spelled K-L-E-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Glisser, caler quelque chose.
- 2Piquer, faucher. → voir klauen
- 3Coincer, être bloqué.
- 4Rester coincé, se coincer, se pincer.
- 5Harceler quelqu’un pour obtenir quelque chose, s’accrocher à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klemmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich klemmte ein Stück Holz unter die Tür. - Je calai/glissai un morceau de bois sous la porte
Ich habe mir die Zeitung unter den Arm geklemmt. - Je me suis calé/mis le journal sous le bras
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.