zuziehen
\ˈt͡suːˌt͡siːən\
The verdict
“zuziehen” 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) - Fermer en tirant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zuziehen · zuziehen · French
zuziehen · 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 | zuziehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡suːˌt͡siːən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zuziehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡suːˌt͡siːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fermer en tirant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zuziehen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is zuziehen, spelled Z-U-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fermer en tirant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zuziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Betty Gilpin, 35, US-Schauspielerin, wurde zu Beginn ihrer Karriere am Set mal in einem Leichensack vergessen. "Ich erinnere mich, wie sie den Reißverschluss zuzogen" (...)
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.