zuverlässig
\ˈʦuːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç\
The verdict
“zuverlässig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fiable, fidèle, sérieux, sûr, digne de confiance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zuverlassig · zuverlässig · French
zuverlässig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | zuverlässig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʦuːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zuverlässig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʦuːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fiable, fidèle, sérieux, sûr, digne de confiance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zuverlässig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is zuverlässig, spelled Z-U-V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1Fiable, fidèle, sérieux, sûr, digne de confiance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zuverlässig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das neue Modell ist zuverlässiger als das vorige.
Er ist ein zuverlässiger Typ.
Synonyms
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.