zutreffen
\ˈt͡suːˌtʁɛfn̩\
The verdict
“zutreffen” 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) - Être vrai, être exact, être le cas, s’appliquer à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zutreffen · zutreffen · French
zutreffen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zutreffen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡suːˌtʁɛfn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zutreffen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡suːˌtʁɛfn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être vrai, être exact, être le cas, s’appliquer à.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zutreffen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is zutreffen, spelled Z-U-T-R-E-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Être vrai, être exact, être le cas, s’appliquer à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zutreffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Hotel hat mir der Nachtportier, ein vertrauenswürdiger Mann, gesagt, er rechne bei all diesen Ratten mit einem Unglück. ‹Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff …› Ich habe ihm erwidert, das treffe auf Schiffe zu, aber für Städte habe man es noch nie überprüft.
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.