Vorfahr
\ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Vorfahr” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancêtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vorfahr · Vorfahr · French
Vorfahr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Vorfahr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vorfahr » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vorfahr is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancêtre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Vorfahr in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Vorfahr, spelled V-O-R-F-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1Ancêtre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorfahr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marcelo Maier hat einen portugiesischen Vornamen und einen deutschen Familiennamen, weil seine Vorfahren aus Deutschland nach Brasilien eingewandert sind.
Arten mit einem gemeinsamen Vorfahren werden oft zu Gattungen zusammengefasst. Löwen, Tiger, Leoparden und Jaguare sind beispielsweise unterschiedliche Arten der Gattung Panthera.
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.