zutrauen
\ˈt͡suːˌtʁaʊ̯ən\
The verdict
“zutrauen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Croire que quelqu'un est capable de quelque chose, attribuer une capacité à quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zutrauen · zutrauen · French
zutrauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | zutrauen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡suːˌtʁaʊ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zutrauen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡suːˌtʁaʊ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zutrauen, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 zutrauen, spelled Z-U-T-R-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Croire que quelqu'un est capable de quelque chose, attribuer une capacité à quelqu'un.
- 2Croire que quelqu'un est capable à commettre (une action infâme).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zutrauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der modus operandi der Unioner: Sie fahnden nach Spielern, denen anderswo nicht oder nicht mehr zugetraut wird, in der Bundesliga zu reüssieren.
Das Resultat ist insofern erfreulich, als Lulas Regierung zuzutrauen ist, die gröbsten Unerträglichkeiten der Bolsonaro-Zeit wieder rückgängig zu machen: dass sie also von der staatlichen Förderung der Abholzung des Amazonas-Regenwalds abgeht, dass sie das Land nicht mehr als Verbündeten für Rechtsextreme und -populisten aller Länder positioniert und dass…
Antonyms
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.