seltsam
\ˈzɛltzaːm\
The verdict
“seltsam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étrange, bizarre, curieux, curieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seltsam · seltsam · French
seltsam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | seltsam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈzɛltzaːm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
seltsam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈzɛltzaːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étrange, bizarre, curieux, curieuse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for seltsam in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is seltsam, spelled S-E-L-T-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Étrange, bizarre, curieux, curieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seltsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gibt seltsame Lebensformen, wie Schnabeltiere zum Beispiel.
Einige Monate später erfuhr ich, dass (...) ein politisches Bündnis entstanden war, das von Garri Kasparow, Michail Kassjanow und Eduard Limonow angeführt wurde – das heißt von einem der größten Schachspieler aller Zeiten, einem ehemaligen Premierminister Putins und einem nach unseren Maßstäben anrüchigen Schriftsteller – ein seltsames Gespann.
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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.