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“zulassen” and “zuzulassen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,903
- “zulassen” frequency rank
- #19,098
- “zuzulassen” frequency rank
- 25001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | zulassen | zuzulassen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas tolerieren, dulden | erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs zulassen |
Where the eye mixes zulassen and zuzulassen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. zulassen runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against zuzulassen's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: zulassen vs zuzulassen
A purely visual mix-up. zulassen ([ˈt͡suːˌlasn̩]) and zuzulassen ([ˈt͡suːt͡suˌlasn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “zulassen” sits inside “zuzulassen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
zulassen is recorded at frequency rank #5,903, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈt͡suːˌlasn̩]. zuzulassen is at rank #19,098, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈt͡suːt͡suˌlasn̩].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25001, this pair ranks #1,839,553 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of zulassen vs zuzulassen
Shared letters: aelnsuz. Private to "zulassen": -. Private to "zuzulassen": -.
"zulassen" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "zuzulassen" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- zulassen ← uzlassen · zluassen · zualssen · zulasen · zulasesn · zulassenn · zulassne · zulaßen
- zuzulassen ← uzzulassen · zuuzlassen · zuzluassen · zuzualssen · zuzulasen · zuzulasesn · zuzulassenn · zuzulassne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "zulassen" and "zuzulassen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "zulassen" or "zuzulassen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "zulassen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "zuzulassen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,839,553 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "zulassen" and "zuzulassen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "zulassen vs zulasten". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,839,553 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.