frühzeitig
\ˈfʁyːˌt͡saɪ̯tɪç\
The verdict
“frühzeitig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Précoce, prématuré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fruhzeitig · frühzeitig · French
frühzeitig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | frühzeitig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfʁyːˌt͡saɪ̯tɪç\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
frühzeitig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfʁyːˌt͡saɪ̯tɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Précoce, prématuré.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frühzeitig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frühzeitig, spelled F-R-Ü-H-Z-E-I-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1Précoce, prématuré.
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.