Zeitgeist
\ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\
The verdict
“Zeitgeist” is an uncommon French word, ranked #99,779 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,779
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Esprit du temps, ambiance intellectuelle et spirituelle d’une époque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeitgeist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zeitgeist” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Zeitgeist is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\. Corpus data places it at rank #99,779 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Esprit du temps, ambiance intellectuelle et spirituelle d’une époque.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Zeitgeist in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Zeitgeist, spelled Z-E-I-T-G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Esprit du temps, ambiance intellectuelle et spirituelle d’une époque.
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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Using “Zeitgeist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-E-I-T-G-E-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.