Zeit
\t͡saɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Zeit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,607
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps (notion temporelle).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeit · Zeit · French
Zeit · rank #41,607 · 5 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,607
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH Zimmermann
Nearest frequency peer: Zimmermann (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zeit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Yassine
Yassine
58,397 corpus weight
- yiddish
yiddish
58,396 corpus weight
- Zeit
Zeit
58,394 corpus weight
- Zimmermann
Zimmermann
58,393 corpus weight
- énergiques
énergiques
58,392 corpus weight
- épistémolog…
épistémologique
58,391 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zeit” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \t͡saɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Zeit” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Zeit (IPA \t͡saɪ̯t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,607 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zeit, with forms such as "ezit", "zeitt", and "zeti". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "zi", "zen", "zut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Zeit, spelled Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Temps (notion temporelle).
- 2Temps qui est à disposition à une personne.
- 3Temps.
- 4Période, ère, époque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Dienstag ist der am stärksten ritualisierte, vorhersehbarste Tag. Ken kommt früher nach Hause, bricht gleich wieder auf, um zur Gymnastik zu gehen, ist zwei Stunden später zurück, bleibt ungefähr zwanzig Minuten im Badezimmer, isst dann vor dem Fernseher zu Abend, vertändelt noch ein wenig Zeit am Computer und geht zu Bett.
Das Glühweingewürz einfach in den Rotwein oder Tee geben und das Getränk für einige Zeit erwärmen, dabei jedoch nicht kochen.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezit
- zeitt
- zeti
- ziet
- zzeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zeit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Zeit". Here's where to go from here.
- "Zeit" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zi". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,607 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.