ulkigen
\ˈʊlkɪɡn̩\
The verdict
“ulkigen” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison faible de ulkig.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulkigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊlkɪɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ulkigen” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ulkigen is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈʊlkɪɡn̩\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ulkigen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ulkigen, spelled U-L-K-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison faible de ulkig.
- 2Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de ulkig.
- 3Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de ulkig.
- 4Datif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de ulkig.
- 5Datif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de ulkig.
- 6Datif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de ulkig.
- 7Génitif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de ulkig.
- 8Génitif neutre singulier de la déclinaison forte de ulkig.
- 9Génitif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de ulkig.
- 10Génitif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de ulkig.
- 11Pluriel (à tous les cas et à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de ulkig.
- 12Pluriel (à tous les cas et à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de ulkig.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is U-L-K-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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