wirken
\ˈvɪʁkn̩\
The verdict
“wirken” 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) - Agir, opérer, être efficace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wirken · wirken · French
wirken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | wirken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɪʁkn̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wirken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɪʁkn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wirken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is wirken, spelled W-I-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Agir, opérer, être efficace.
- 2Agir.
- 3Sembler.
- 4Avoir l’air, faire une impression sur des autres.
- 5Tricoter, tramer à mailles jetées (cf. note).
- 6Façonner : former la pâte en la travaillant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wirken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In einer gespaltenen Welt ...", Gianni Infantino grimassiert kurz in die Kamera, wedelt mit der Hand, fährt fort, "...wirken die Fifa und der Fußball vereinigend!"
Ammoniak-Stifte: Sie wirken gegen das Jucken nach einem Insektenstich, verhindern Schwellungen und haben oft auch eine kühlende Wirkung.
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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.