Umlaut
\ˈʊm.laʊ̯t\
The verdict
“Umlaut” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe typographique des langues germaniques, d’apparence assez semblable au tréma du français, mais dont l’usage est de modifier le son de la voyelle à laquelle il est attaché.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umlaut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʊm.laʊ̯t\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Umlaut” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Umlaut is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈʊm.laʊ̯t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Signe typographique des langues germaniques, d’apparence assez semblable au tréma du français, mais dont l’usage est de modifier le son de la voyelle à laquelle il est attaché.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Umlaut in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Umlaut, spelled U-M-L-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Signe typographique des langues germaniques, d’apparence assez semblable au tréma du français, mais dont l’usage est de modifier le son de la voyelle à laquelle il est attaché.
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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Using “Umlaut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is U-M-L-A-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈʊm.laʊ̯t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.