Kurzschluss
\ˈkʊʁt͡sˌʃlʊs\
The verdict
“Kurzschluss” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Court-circuit, (connexion volontaire ou accidentelle de deux points d’un circuit électrique entre lesquels il existe une différence de potentiel, par un conducteur de faible résistance).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kurzschluss · Kurzschluss · French
Kurzschluss · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Kurzschluss |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkʊʁt͡sˌʃlʊs\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Kurzschluss is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkʊʁt͡sˌʃlʊs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Kurzschluss in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Kurzschluss, spelled K-U-R-Z-S-C-H-L-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1Court-circuit, (connexion volontaire ou accidentelle de deux points d’un circuit électrique entre lesquels il existe une différence de potentiel, par un conducteur de faible résistance).
- 2Impulsion irréfléchie, dépersonnalisation, pétage de plombs. (Perte de contrôle de soi-même).
- 3Mauvaise déduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kurzschluss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch den Kurzschluss ist der Schalter geschmolzen.
Bei seinem Kurzschluss verletzte er einen Mitschüler.
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.