schleichen
\ˈʃlaɪ̯.çǝn\
The verdict
“schleichen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Marcher sur la pointe des pieds, rôder, (se déplacer de façon furtive).
Corpus desk
Index FR-schleichen · schleichen · French
schleichen · 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 "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 | schleichen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃlaɪ̯.çǝn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schleichen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃlaɪ̯.çǝn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schleichen, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is schleichen, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Marcher sur la pointe des pieds, rôder, (se déplacer de façon furtive).
- 2S’en aller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
schleichende Krankheit
Allerdings bleibt der Großteil der Menschheit dann doch ausgeschlossen: Wer die Fremdsprache Boarisch nicht beherrscht, der versteht nix - und kann sich schleichen.
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.