sanft
\zanft\
The verdict
“sanft” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doux, tranquille, sans agressivité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sanft · sanft · French
sanft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sanft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \zanft\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sanft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \zanft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sanft in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sanft, spelled S-A-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1Doux, tranquille, sans agressivité.
- 2Doux, apaisant, paisible.
- 3Doux au contact, moelleux. → voir weich
- 4Doux, léger, peu accentué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sanft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sanft' wie ein Lamm
Sanfte Augen, eine sanft'e Stimme
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.