Wasserstoff
\ˈvasɐˌʃtɔf\
The verdict
“Wasserstoff” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hydrogène, l’élément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wasserstoff · Wasserstoff · French
Wasserstoff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wasserstoff |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvasɐˌʃtɔf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Wasserstoff is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvasɐˌʃtɔf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wasserstoff, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Wasserstoff, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-S-T-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1Hydrogène, l’élément.
- 2Hydrogène, le gaz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wasserstoff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit den 1950er Jahren wird die Kernfusion erforscht, also jenes Prinzip zur Energiegewinnung, das der Sonne nachempfunden ist. Atomkerne von Wasserstoff und Helium verschmelzen und geben dabei ungeheure Mengen von Energie ab.
So wird der Wasserstoff gewonnen, den das Brennstoffauto so dringend braucht.
Synonyms
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.