Unfall
\ˈʊnˌfal\
The verdict
“Unfall” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accident.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unfall · Unfall · French
Unfall · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Unfall |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʊnˌfal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Unfall is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʊnˌfal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accident.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Unfall in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Unfall, spelled U-N-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Accident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Unfall musste die Polizei die Autobahn sperren, der Verkehr wurde weiträumig umgeleitet.
Wir hatten einen Patschen auf der Autobahn. Zum Glück ist kein Unfall passiert.
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.