umfassen
\ʊm'fasn̩\
The verdict
“umfassen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclure, englober, comprendre, contenir, embrasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-umfassen · umfassen · French
umfassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | umfassen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʊm'fasn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
umfassen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʊm'fasn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inclure, englober, comprendre, contenir, embrasser.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for umfassen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is umfassen, spelled U-M-F-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Inclure, englober, comprendre, contenir, embrasser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umfassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Software umfasst zahlreiche Prozesse, die im Hintergrund ablaufen.
Erst vor einer Woche hatte zudem Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) erneut umfangreiche Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine angekündigt – sie sollen hochmoderne Flugabwehrsysteme, Raketenwerfer, Munition und Antidrohnengeräte umfassen, sagte er bei einer Konferenz zur Lage auf der Krim.
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