železný
\ˈʒɛ.ʎɛ.zniː\
The verdict
“železný” 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) - Ferreux, ferrique, en fer, de fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zelezny · železný · French
železný · 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 "Ž" 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 | železný |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʒɛ.ʎɛ.zniː\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
železný is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʒɛ.ʎɛ.zniː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ferreux, ferrique, en fer, de fer.".
železný has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is železný, spelled Ž-E-L-E-Z-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1Ferreux, ferrique, en fer, de fer.
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.