stiefmütterlich
\ˈʃtiːfˌmʏtɐlɪç\
The verdict
“stiefmütterlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Négligé, délaissé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stiefmutterlich · stiefmütterlich · French
stiefmütterlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | stiefmütterlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʃtiːfˌmʏtɐlɪç\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
stiefmütterlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʃtiːfˌmʏtɐlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Négligé, délaissé.".
stiefmütterlich has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is stiefmütterlich, spelled S-T-I-E-F-M-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Négligé, délaissé.
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.