Spitze
\ˈʃpɪ.t͡sə\
The verdict
“Spitze” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Pointe, extrémité fine et acérée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spitze · Spitze · French
Spitze · 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 "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 | Spitze |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃpɪ.t͡sə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Spitze is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃpɪ.t͡sə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Spitze 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Spitze, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Pointe, extrémité fine et acérée.
- 2Sommet, cime, extrémité élevée, supérieure.
- 3Bec.
- 4Dentelle.
- 5Au tarot, un bout.
- 6Pointe, tête dans un classement, en qualité.
- 7Tête, plus haut niveau du pouvoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spitze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Kochen hat er sich mit der Spitze des Messers verletzt.
Von hier aus ist der Weg zur Spitze zwar kurz, aber sehr exponiert.
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.