unprätentiös
\ˈʊnpʁɛtɛnˌt͡si̯øːs\
The verdict
“unprätentiös” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modeste, informel, sans prétentions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unpratentios · unprätentiös · French
unprätentiös · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | unprätentiös |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnpʁɛtɛnˌt͡si̯øːs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unprätentiös » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unprätentiös is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnpʁɛtɛnˌt͡si̯øːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Modeste, informel, sans prétentions.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unprätentiös in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is unprätentiös, spelled U-N-P-R-Ä-T-E-N-T-I-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1Modeste, informel, sans prétentions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unprätentiös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich lernte einen Mann kennen. Wir bestellten Rotwein in einem ungewöhnlich unprätentiösen Laden und erzählten einander viel. Bestellten noch mehr Rotwein, dazu die Käseplatte, und lachten uns kaputt. Später tanzten wir Cha-Cha-Cha auf einer Verkehrsinsel.
Das klassische Holzfällerhemd ist eine freundliche, unprätentiöse Haut für den nicht domestizierten Mann. Den Mann mit Schwielen (...)
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.