kürzlich
\ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç\
The verdict
“kürzlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Récent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kurzlich · kürzlich · French
kürzlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kürzlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kürzlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kürzlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Récent.".
kürzlich has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kürzlich, spelled K-Ü-R-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Récent.
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.