künstlich
\kʏnstlɪç\
The verdict
“künstlich” 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) - Artificiel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kunstlich · künstlich · French
künstlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | künstlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʏnstlɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « künstlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
künstlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʏnstlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artificiel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for künstlich in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 künstlich, spelled K-Ü-N-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Artificiel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how künstlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das künstliche Licht machte die Nacht zum Tag.
Sie antwortete mit einem künstlichen Lachen.
Synonyms
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.