zu guter Letzt
[t͡suː ˈɡuːtɐ lɛt͡st]
The verdict
“zu guter Letzt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Ende einer Aktion
Corpus desk
Index DE-zu-guter-letzt · zu guter Letzt · German
zu guter Letzt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zu guter Letzt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t͡suː ˈɡuːtɐ lɛt͡st] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zu guter Letzt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zu guter Letzt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡suː ˈɡuːtɐ lɛt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Ende einer Aktion".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zu guter Letzt, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zu guter Letzt, spelled Z-U- -G-U-T-E-R- -L-E-T-Z-T.
Definition
- 1am Ende einer Aktion
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zu guter Letzt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu guter Letzt bekam er doch noch sein Fahrrad.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.