zerstreuen
\t͡sɐˈʃtʀɔɪ̯ən\
The verdict
“zerstreuen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disperser, répandre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zerstreuen · zerstreuen · French
zerstreuen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- 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 | zerstreuen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \t͡sɐˈʃtʀɔɪ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zerstreuen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zerstreuen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \t͡sɐˈʃtʀɔɪ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zerstreuen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 zerstreuen, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-R-E-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Disperser, répandre.
- 2Disperser, séparer (une foule de gens).
- 3Se Disperser.
- 4Se récréer.
- 5Disperser, réfuter, endormir (des pensées, des soupçons).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerstreuen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir raten Ihnen, zerstreuen Sie sich nicht durch nutzlose Gedanken, sondern sammeln Sie sich, es werden große Anforderungen an Sie gestellt werden.
Er konnte die Zweifel nicht zerstreuen.
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.