Umfrage
\ˈʊmˌfʁaːɡə\
The verdict
“Umfrage” 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) - Sondage, enquête sur une population afin d'en retirer une impression générale ou un avis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-umfrage · Umfrage · French
Umfrage · 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 "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 | Umfrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʊmˌfʁaːɡə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Umfrage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʊmˌfʁaːɡə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sondage, enquête sur une population afin d'en retirer une impression générale ou un avis.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Umfrage in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Umfrage, spelled U-M-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Sondage, enquête sur une population afin d'en retirer une impression générale ou un avis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an einer Umfrage teilnehmen
Für mehr als die Hälfte der Deutschen hätten die in gut zwei Wochen beginnenden Olympischen Winterspiele nicht nach China vergeben werden dürfen. Das geht aus einer am Wochenende durchgeführten Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts YouGov hervor.
Synonyms
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.