vertretbar
\ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“vertretbar” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour un argument, une opinion, une attitude, une politique, une position : soutenable, justifiable, défendable ; aussi responsable, acceptable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vertretbar · vertretbar · French
vertretbar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | vertretbar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vertretbar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌfɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtˌbaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pour un argument, une opinion, une attitude, une politique, une position : soutenable, justifiable, défendable ; aussi responsable, acceptable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for vertretbar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 vertretbar, spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-T-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pour un argument, une opinion, une attitude, une politique, une position : soutenable, justifiable, défendable ; aussi responsable, acceptable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vertretbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leider sind die Umsetzungsvorschläge des Bundesrates im Rahmen der Klimapolitik 2020-2030 viel zu schwach. Erstens werden bei Gebäudebeheizung und Industrie die Instrumente abgeschwächt, also gerade dort, wo die Schweiz bisher eine vertretbare Politik umgesetzt hat.
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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.