zur
\t͡suːɐ̯\
The verdict
“zur” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,072) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #23,072
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction de zu der.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zur · zur · French
zur · rank #23,072 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,072
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH wesh
Nearest frequency peer: wesh (-2 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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « zur »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- volcaniques
volcaniques
76,933 corpus weight
- walk
walk
76,932 corpus weight
- wesh
wesh
76,931 corpus weight
- zur
zur
76,929 corpus weight
- échangeur
échangeur
76,927 corpus weight
- écoulés
écoulés
76,926 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « zur » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
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 | zur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \t͡suːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #23,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « zur »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for zur is neighbouring look-alikes ("zut", "Z", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced \t͡suːɐ̯\. Frequency #23,072 among 240 “Z” headwords. Gloss: "Contraction de zu der.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zut", "Z", "zu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is zur, spelled Z-U-R.
Definition
- 1Contraction de zu der.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn das Holzfällerhemd überhaupt eine Message hatte, so die, dass man zur Arbeiterklasse gehörte und sich dessen nicht unbedingt schämte.
Dies Wohnzimmer, eine große und freundliche Mansarde mit zwei Fenstern, sah schon nach wenigen Tagen anders aus als zur Zeit, da es von andern Mietern bewohnt gewesen war.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).