Oberfläche
\oːbərˈflɛçə\
The verdict
“Oberfläche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surface : interface séparant l’intérieur de l’extérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oberflache · Oberfläche · French
Oberfläche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Oberfläche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \oːbərˈflɛçə\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Oberfläche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \oːbərˈflɛçə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Oberfläche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Oberfläche, spelled O-B-E-R-F-L-Ä-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Surface : interface séparant l’intérieur de l’extérieur.
- 2Surface, couche fine sur un objet.
- 3Étendue de la surface (sens 1) : aire, superficie.
- 4Interface utilisateur.
- 5Surface : ce qui est superficiel, accessoire, secondaire, par opposition au vif du sujet, à l’essentiel, aux choses sérieuses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oberfläche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Werkzeug muss möglichst rechtwinklig zur Oberfläche des Werkstücks angesetzt werden.
Bevor wir unser Möbelstück lasieren können, müssen wir die Oberfläche abschmirgeln und den Staub absaugen.
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.