schließlich
\ˈʃliːs.lɪç\
The verdict
“schließlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Finalement, enfin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schlie-lich · schließlich · French
schließlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schließlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈʃliːs.lɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schließlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schließlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈʃliːs.lɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Finalement, enfin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for schließlich in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schließlich, spelled S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Finalement, enfin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schließlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Victor Lenzen hat viele Jahre als Auslandskorrespondent gearbeitet, war im Nahen Osten, in Afghanistan, in Washington, in London, schließlich in Asien.
Der Brite Christopher Nolan hat mit seiner Film-Biografie Oppenheimer bei der Verleihung der britischen Bafta-Filmpreise abgeräumt. (...) Der biografische Historienfilm war in 13 Kategorien nominiert und erhielt schließlich sieben Bafta-Auszeichnungen.
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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.