umgeben
\ʊmˈɡeːbm̩\
The verdict
“umgeben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Entouré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-umgeben · umgeben · French
umgeben · 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 | umgeben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʊmˈɡeːbm̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « umgeben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
umgeben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʊmˈɡeːbm̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entouré.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umgeben, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is umgeben, spelled U-M-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Entouré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umgeben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie kann es also sein, dass Uruguay, ein von Süßwasser umgebenes und von Flüssen und Bächen durchströmtes Land, kein trinkbares Leitungswasser mehr hat?
Neulich brachte der Postmann wieder eine dieser auffällig unauffälligen Boxen. (...) Ich war umgeben von surrendem Silikon in allen Farben des Regenbogens und fragte mich: Sind denn Hände, Münder, Geschlechtsteile nicht genug?
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.