Vielzahl
\ˈfiːlt͡saːl\
The verdict
“Vielzahl” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Multitude, grande quantité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vielzahl · Vielzahl · French
Vielzahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Vielzahl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfiːlt͡saːl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Vielzahl » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Vielzahl is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfiːlt͡saːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Multitude, grande quantité.".
Vielzahl has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Vielzahl, spelled V-I-E-L-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Multitude, grande quantité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vielzahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ob als fruchtige Nudelsoße oder Grundlage für den Pizzateig – Tomaten runden eine Vielzahl an Gerichten ab.
Wir werden uns also von der Vielzahl und Heftigkeit der Angriffe gegen die Frauen nicht einschüchtern lassen, auch werden wir uns nicht von den eigennützigen Lobreden auf die «wahre Frau» einwickeln oder uns von der Begeisterung anstecken lassen, die das weibliche Schicksal bei Männern wachruft, welche es um nichts in der Welt teilen möchten.
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.