unterernährt
\ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t\
The verdict
“unterernährt” 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) - Sous-alimenté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unterernahrt · unterernährt · French
unterernährt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | unterernährt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unterernährt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unterernährt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊntɐʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːɐ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sous-alimenté.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unterernährt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is unterernährt, spelled U-N-T-E-R-E-R-N-Ä-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1Sous-alimenté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unterernährt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Paranoia des (nordkoreanischen) Regimes gegenüber Corona ist begründet: Der Erreger trifft auf eine Bevölkerung von 26 Millionen Menschen, die laut UN zu 40 Prozent unterernährt ist.
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.