Zúrich
[ˈsuɾit͡ʃ]
The verdict
“Zúrich” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,333 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,333
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es la mayor ciudad de Suiza y capital de su cantón homónimo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zúrich |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈsuɾit͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zúrich” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zúrich is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,333 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈsuɾit͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zúrich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Spanish form is Zúrich, spelled Z-Ú-R-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Es la mayor ciudad de Suiza y capital de su cantón homónimo.
- 2Cantón de Suiza.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Zúrich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-Ú-R-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsuɾit͡ʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.