unerwünscht
\ˈʊn.ʔɛɐ̯.ˌvynʃt\
The verdict
“unerwünscht” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indésirable, non souhaité, pas le/la bienvenu(e).
Corpus desk
Index FR-unerwunscht · unerwünscht · French
unerwünscht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | unerwünscht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊn.ʔɛɐ̯.ˌvynʃt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
unerwünscht is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊn.ʔɛɐ̯.ˌvynʃt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indésirable, non souhaité, pas le/la bienvenu(e).".
unerwünscht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is unerwünscht, spelled U-N-E-R-W-Ü-N-S-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Indésirable, non souhaité, pas le/la bienvenu(e).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unerwünscht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bundesregierung hat entschieden, eine "erhebliche Zahl von Angehörigen der russischen Botschaft" zu unerwünschten Personen zu erklären.
Xi preist den Gründungsvater der Volksrepublik als «proletarischen Revolutionär, grossen Patrioten und Nationalhelden Chinas». Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Diktator, wie sie um die Jahrtausendwende noch möglich war, ist unerwünscht.
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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.