unwissenschaftlich
\ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç\
The verdict
“unwissenschaftlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non scientifique : qui ne relève pas de la science ou n’en suit pas la démarche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unwissenschaftlich · unwissenschaftlich · French
unwissenschaftlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 | unwissenschaftlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
unwissenschaftlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non scientifique : qui ne relève pas de la science ou n’en suit pas la démarche.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for unwissenschaftlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is unwissenschaftlich, spelled U-N-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Non scientifique : qui ne relève pas de la science ou n’en suit pas la démarche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unwissenschaftlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Auswahl ist die subjektive Willkür nicht zu vermeiden, das betont Jacob Burkhardt: ‹Von allen Wissenschaften ist die Geschichte die unwissenschaftlichste, da sie am wenigsten eine sichere, zugestandene Methode der Auswahl besitzt und besitzen kann.›»
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.