Zermatt

\zɛʁ.mat\

/\zɛʁ.mat\/ name

The verdict

“Zermatt” is uncommon French (frequency #67,984 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,984
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zermatt · Zermatt · French

Zermatt · rank #67,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,984
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH zem

Nearest frequency peer: zem (-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 « Zermatt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Zermatt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zermatt
PropertyValue
HeadwordZermatt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\zɛʁ.mat\
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,984
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Zermatt » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Zermatttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « zem » (#67,983), « échelonne » (#67,985), « zan » (#67,982). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « Zermatt » est au #67,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zermatt is uncommon French at frequency #67,984 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \zɛʁ.mat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Zermatt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Zermatt, spelled Z-E-R-M-A-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zermatt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’hôtel du Mont Rose est donc rose, grande bâtisse trapue au cœur de Zermatt, dont les chambres nobles ont un balcon qui s’ouvre théâtralement sur la haute pyramide tourmentée du Cervin, roide jet de pierre qui semble vouloir éventrer le ciel, mais dévie de sa ligne et se tord en son dernier tiers, comme si, à l’instar du seppuku japonais dans sa phase ul…
  2. Dans le fond de la vallée : Zermatt, affublé de sa montagne absolue à qui les Suisses avaient su répondre par une proposition de village impeccable. Chalets sombres, zones piétonnes, pavements, mobilier au cordeau, villageois à quatre épingles. Que les Français se moquent de l’ordre suisse était la preuve de son existence.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zermatt"?
"Zermatt" is spelled Z-E-R-M-A-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is \zɛʁ.mat\.
What does "Zermatt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zermatt" means: Commune du canton du Valais en Suisse.
How do you pronounce "Zermatt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zermatt" is \zɛʁ.mat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zermatt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list