Staufer
\ʃtaʊ̯fɐ\
The verdict
“Staufer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre de la famille noble souabe qui régna sur le Saint-Empire romain germanique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-staufer · Staufer · French
Staufer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Staufer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃtaʊ̯fɐ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Staufer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃtaʊ̯fɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membre de la famille noble souabe qui régna sur le Saint-Empire romain germanique.".
Staufer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Staufer, spelled S-T-A-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Membre de la famille noble souabe qui régna sur le Saint-Empire romain germanique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Staufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Friedrich Barbarossa war wohl der bekannteste Sprössling des Geschlechtes der Staufer.
Antonyms
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.