wilden
\ˈvɪldn̩\
The verdict
“wilden” is an uncommon French word, ranked #88,230 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #88,230
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison faible de wild.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wilden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvɪldn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wilden” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for wilden is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈvɪldn̩\. Corpus data places it at rank #88,230 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for wilden in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is wilden, spelled W-I-L-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison faible de wild.
- 2Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de wild.
- 3Accusatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de wild.
- 4Datif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de wild.
- 5Datif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de wild.
- 6Datif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de wild.
- 7Génitif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de wild.
- 8Génitif neutre singulier de la déclinaison forte de wild.
- 9Génitif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de wild.
- 10Génitif singulier (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de wild.
- 11Pluriel (à tous les cas et à tous les genres) de la déclinaison faible de wild.
- 12Pluriel (à tous les cas et à tous les genres) de la déclinaison mixte de wild.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Cite this page
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY-SA). Copy the citation:
PlainSpell, “wilden, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/wilden
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "wilden"?
What does "wilden" mean?
How do you pronounce "wilden"?
What language does "wilden" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “wilden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-I-L-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈvɪldn̩\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter W in our French index: