ungestüm
\ˈʊnɡəˌʃtyːm\
The verdict
“ungestüm” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impétueux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ungestum · ungestüm · French
ungestüm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | ungestüm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnɡəˌʃtyːm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ungestüm » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ungestüm is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnɡəˌʃtyːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impétueux.".
ungestüm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ungestüm, spelled U-N-G-E-S-T-Ü-M.
Definition
- 1Impétueux.
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.