wegschrijven

verb

The verdict

“wegschrijven” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transférer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wegschrijven · wegschrijven · French

wegschrijven · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for wegschrijven
PropertyValue
Headwordwegschrijven
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « wegschrijven » en français

wegschrijvensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegschrijven is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Transférer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for wegschrijven in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wegschrijven, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-R-I-J-V-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transférer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wegschrijven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. een bestand wegschrijven : transférer un fichier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegschrijven"?
"wegschrijven" is spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-R-I-J-V-E-N.
What does "wegschrijven" mean?
As a verb, "wegschrijven" means: Transférer.
What language does "wegschrijven" come from?
"wegschrijven" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list