weilen
\ˈvaɪ̯lən\
The verdict
“weilen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séjourner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-weilen · weilen · French
weilen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | weilen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvaɪ̯lən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « weilen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
weilen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvaɪ̯lən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Séjourner.".
Zero misspellings are on record for weilen 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is weilen, spelled W-E-I-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Séjourner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how weilen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bundesrätin Simonetta Sommaruga weilt am 22. und 23. März 2022 für einen Arbeitsbesuch in den Niederlanden.
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.