kreutzer

\kʁøt.sɛʁ\

/\kʁøt.sɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“kreutzer” is uncommon French (frequency #96,056 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,056
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne monnaie autrichienne qui est la soixantième partie du florin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kreutzer · kreutzer · French

kreutzer · rank #96,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,056
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kuomintang

Nearest frequency peer: Kuomintang (+2 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « kreutzer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kreutzer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kreutzer
PropertyValue
Headwordkreutzer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁøt.sɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « kreutzer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.kreutzertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Kuomintang » (#96,058), « kook » (#96,053), « Kwak » (#96,059). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kreutzer » est au #96,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kreutzer is uncommon French at frequency #96,056 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁøt.sɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne monnaie autrichienne qui est la soixantième partie du florin.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kreutzer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kreutzer, spelled K-R-E-U-T-Z-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne monnaie autrichienne qui est la soixantième partie du florin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kreutzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] le Wolks-Kalender (almanach du peuple), avec ses gravures sur bois, - les chansons politiques, les lithographies de Robert Blum et des héros de la guerre de Hongrie, voilà ce qui attirait les yeux et les kreutzers de la foule.
  2. — Bon ! répliqua Frik, je n’en voudrais point, quand ça ne coûterait qu’un kreutzer.

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 "kreutzer"?
"kreutzer" is spelled K-R-E-U-T-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁøt.sɛʁ\.
What does "kreutzer" mean?
As a noun, "kreutzer" means: Ancienne monnaie autrichienne qui est la soixantième partie du florin.
How do you pronounce "kreutzer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kreutzer" is \kʁøt.sɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kreutzer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list