Zeitgeist
\ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\
The verdict
“Zeitgeist” is uncommon French (frequency #99,779 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,779
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esprit du temps, ambiance intellectuelle et spirituelle d’une époque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeitgeist · Zeitgeist · French
Zeitgeist · rank #99,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,779
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zigzaguer
Nearest frequency peer: zigzaguer (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Zeitgeist »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Yoshino
Yoshino
226 corpus weight
- yugo
yugo
225 corpus weight
- Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist
222 corpus weight
- zigzaguer
zigzaguer
221 corpus weight
- zoome
zoome
220 corpus weight
- ébranlement
ébranlement
218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Zeitgeist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zeitgeist » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zeitgeist is uncommon French at frequency #99,779 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʦaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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