rätselhaft
\ˈʀɛːt͡sl̩haft\
The verdict
“rätselhaft” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Énigmatique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ratselhaft · rätselhaft · French
rätselhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rätselhaft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʀɛːt͡sl̩haft\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rätselhaft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʀɛːt͡sl̩haft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rätselhaft, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rätselhaft, spelled R-Ä-T-S-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Énigmatique.
- 2Mystérieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rätselhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihr Charakter erschien mir damals schon rätselhaft.
Nachdem chinesische Behörden am 31. Dezember rätselhafte Lungenerkrankungen in der Millionenstadt Wuhan meldeten, machten sich Experten sofort an die Arbeit, das Erbgut des Erregers zu entschlüsseln.
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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.