unzulänglich
\ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪç\
The verdict
“unzulänglich” 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) - Insuffisant, insuffisante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unzulanglich · unzulänglich · French
unzulänglich · 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 | unzulänglich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪç\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
unzulänglich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʊnt͡suˌlɛŋlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insuffisant, insuffisante.".
unzulänglich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is unzulänglich, spelled U-N-Z-U-L-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Insuffisant, insuffisante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unzulänglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Während der Pandemie war die Verfügbarkeit vieler Güter zeitweise unzulänglich.
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