verachten
\fɛɐ̯ˈaχ.tən\
The verdict
“verachten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dédaigner, mépriser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verachten · verachten · French
verachten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | verachten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈaχ.tən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verachten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈaχ.tən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dédaigner, mépriser.".
No misspelling variants are generated for verachten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verachten, spelled V-E-R-A-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dédaigner, mépriser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verachten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sobald wir allein waren, kam sein wahrer Charakter zum Vorschein: Er hatte kein Interesse an mir, verachtete mich, und wenn er das Wort an mich richtete, dann nur, um mich zu demütigen oder zu verspotten.
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.