Kitzbühel

name

The verdict

“Kitzbühel” is uncommon French (frequency #72,468 among 110,375 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,468
frequency rank, French
110,375
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville autrichienne du Tyrol, station de sports d'hiver axée principalement sur le ski alpin.

Key facts for Kitzbühel
PropertyValue
HeadwordKitzbühel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kitzbühel” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Kitzbühel lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kitzbühel is uncommon French at frequency #72,468 among 110,375 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville autrichienne du Tyrol, station de sports d'hiver axée principalement sur le ski alpin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kitzbühel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Kitzbühel, spelled K-I-T-Z-B-Ü-H-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville autrichienne du Tyrol, station de sports d'hiver axée principalement sur le ski alpin.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kitzbühel"?
"Kitzbühel" is spelled K-I-T-Z-B-Ü-H-E-L.
What does "Kitzbühel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kitzbühel" means: Ville autrichienne du Tyrol, station de sports d'hiver axée principalement sur le ski alpin.
What language does "Kitzbühel" come from?
"Kitzbühel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Kitzbühel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is K-I-T-Z-B-Ü-H-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list