Vernunft
\fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft\
The verdict
“Vernunft” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raison, souvent dans le sens de ce qui est raisonnable et empreint de bon sens (aussi dans les termes et expressions dérivés).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vernunft · Vernunft · French
Vernunft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Vernunft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Vernunft is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raison, souvent dans le sens de ce qui est raisonnable et empreint de bon sens (aussi dans les termes et expressions dérivés).".
Vernunft has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Vernunft, spelled V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1Raison, souvent dans le sens de ce qui est raisonnable et empreint de bon sens (aussi dans les termes et expressions dérivés).
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.