zuspielen
\ˈt͡suːˌʃpiːlən\
The verdict
“zuspielen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transmettre en secret et par des moyens détournés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zuspielen · zuspielen · French
zuspielen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | zuspielen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡suːˌʃpiːlən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zuspielen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zuspielen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡suːˌʃpiːlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Transmettre en secret et par des moyens détournés.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zuspielen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zuspielen, spelled Z-U-S-P-I-E-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Transmettre en secret et par des moyens détournés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zuspielen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amerikanische Geheimdienstpapiere, die der „New York Times“ (NYT) zugespielt wurden, zeigen nun, dass Russland offenbar Millionen von Artilleriegeschossen und Raketen aus Nordkorea bezieht.
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.