stützen
\ˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\
The verdict
“stützen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Soutenir, supporter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stutzen · stützen · French
stützen · 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 | stützen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stützen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stützen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃtʏt͡sn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for stützen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 stützen, spelled S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Soutenir, supporter.
- 2Étayer, étançonner, accoter.
- 3Se reposer (sur), s'appuyer (sur).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stützen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Noch verpflichtet der Staat russische Firmen, 80 Prozent ihrer ausländischen Devisenerlöse sofort in Rubel zu wechseln, der Zwangsumtausch stützt den Kurs massiv.
KI-Gigafabriken werden die nächste Welle neuartiger KI-Modelle in Gang setzen und die strategische Autonomie der EU in kritischen Industriezweigen und in der Wissenschaft stützen, wofür öffentliche wie private Investitionen benötigt werden.
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.