letzte
\ˈlɛt͡stə\
The verdict
“letzte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dernier, terminal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-letzte · letzte · French
letzte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | letzte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈlɛt͡stə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « letzte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
letzte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈlɛt͡stə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dernier, terminal.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for letzte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is letzte, spelled L-E-T-Z-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dernier, terminal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how letzte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»All das ist ja sehr nett, meine lieben Freunde, aber es ist zu spät. Die Kugel in den Nacken hätte man vor zehn Jahren abfeuern müssen; jetzt blickt die ganze Welt auf uns, und es ist unmöglich, Solschenizyn auch nur ein Haar zu krümmen. Nein, der letzte Coup, der uns bleibt, ist die Ausweisung.«
Die Schlussplädoyers bieten die letzte Möglichkeit, die Geschworenen zu beeinflussen.
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.