plötzlich
\ˈplœʦ.lɪç\
The verdict
“plötzlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abrupt, brusque, brusqué, sec, cassant, raide, heurté, saccadé, soudain, subit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plotzlich · plötzlich · French
plötzlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | plötzlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈplœʦ.lɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « plötzlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
plötzlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈplœʦ.lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abrupt, brusque, brusqué, sec, cassant, raide, heurté, saccadé, soudain, subit.".
Zero misspellings are on record for plötzlich in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 plötzlich, spelled P-L-Ö-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Abrupt, brusque, brusqué, sec, cassant, raide, heurté, saccadé, soudain, subit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plötzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine der spürbarsten Folgen der Schließung der Tore war nämlich die plötzliche Trennung von Menschen, die nicht darauf vorbereitet waren.
Das ist alles sehr plötzlich.
Antonyms
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.