12
The verdict
“12” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a numeral - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 12 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “12” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for 12 is 2 letters long, classified as a numeral. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for 12, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is 12, spelled 1-2.
Definition
- 1Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen
Synonyms
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.
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Using “12”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is 1-2 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.