Zeh
\tseː\
The verdict
“Zeh” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orteil, doigt de pied.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeh · Zeh · French
Zeh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | Zeh |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tseː\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Zeh is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tseː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orteil, doigt de pied.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zeh, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Zeh, spelled Z-E-H.
Definition
- 1Orteil, doigt de pied.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich drehe mich um, verlasse den Wintergarten, stoße mir an der Schwelle zum Haus den Zeh, ignoriere den scharfen Schmerz, der meinen Fuß durchfährt, haste weiter.
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.