wirksam
\ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm\
The verdict
“wirksam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Efficace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wirksam · wirksam · French
wirksam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | wirksam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wirksam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈvɪʁkˌzaːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Efficace.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wirksam, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is wirksam, spelled W-I-R-K-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Efficace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wirksam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Legionärskrankheit muss frühzeitig mit Antibiotika behandelt werden (...) Am wirksamsten sind hier Makrolide wie Azithromycin. Auch Fluorchinolone wie Levofloxacin schlagen gut an.
Es gibt viele Antibiotika, die gegen den Milzbrand-Erreger wirksam sind. Sie werden in der Regel als Infusion gegeben und manchmal auch kombiniert.
Antonyms
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.