Flugzeug
\ˈfluːkˌʦɔɪ̯k\
The verdict
“Flugzeug” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avion, aéroplane, aéronef.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flugzeug · Flugzeug · French
Flugzeug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Flugzeug |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfluːkˌʦɔɪ̯k\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Flugzeug is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfluːkˌʦɔɪ̯k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avion, aéroplane, aéronef.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Flugzeug, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Flugzeug, spelled F-L-U-G-Z-E-U-G.
Definition
- 1Avion, aéroplane, aéronef.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flugzeug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Flugzeug fliegt direkt von Berlin nach New York.
Dem Piloten gelang es, das Flugzeug trotz des widrigen Wetters sicher zu landen.
Synonyms
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.