Weltanschauung
\ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯ʊŋ\
The verdict
“Weltanschauung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vision du monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-weltanschauung · Weltanschauung · French
Weltanschauung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Weltanschauung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯ʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Weltanschauung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯ʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Weltanschauung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Weltanschauung, spelled W-E-L-T-A-N-S-C-H-A-U-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vision du monde.
- 2Idéologie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weltanschauung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Holzfällerhemd (...) ist heute das folkloristische Feigenblatt für Weltanschauungen wirklich jeder Art. Surfer tragen es, weil es bequem und mollig ist.
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.