Unglück
\ˈʊn.ɡlʏk\
The verdict
“Unglück” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Malheur, malchance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ungluck · Unglück · French
Unglück · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Unglück |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʊn.ɡlʏk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Unglück » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Unglück is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʊn.ɡlʏk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Unglück has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Unglück, spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1Malheur, malchance.
- 2Accident, catastrophe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unglück appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Hotel hat mir der Nachtportier, ein vertrauenswürdiger Mann, gesagt, er rechne bei all diesen Ratten mit einem Unglück. ‹Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff …› Ich habe ihm erwidert, das treffe auf Schiffe zu, aber für Städte habe man es noch nie überprüft.
Unvermittelt musste Sophie an ihre Mutter denken. Ihre Mutter, die sich bei jeder Kleinigkeit Sorgen machte, die bei der geringsten Verspätung ihrer beiden Töchter gleich einen Suchtrupp zusammenstellte, die beim kleinsten Husten an Lungenkrebs dachte. Sophie hingegen war einer jener Menschen, die glauben, dass wirkliches Unglück immer nur die anderen tri…
Antonyms
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.