Umzäunung
[ʊmˈt͡sɔɪ̯nʊŋ]
The verdict
“Umzäunung” is uncommon German (frequency #81,060 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,060
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handlung, etwas mit einem Zaun zu umgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-umzaunung · Umzäunung · German
Umzäunung · rank #81,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,060
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Unabhängigkei…
Nearest frequency peer: Unabhängigkeitstag (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Umzäunung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- umsatzstärk…
umsatzstärksten
18,945 corpus weight
- umtreibt
umtreibt
18,944 corpus weight
- Umzäunung
Umzäunung
18,941 corpus weight
- Unabhängigk…
Unabhängigkeitstag
18,940 corpus weight
- Unart
Unart
18,938 corpus weight
- unbefleckte
unbefleckte
18,937 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Umzäunung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umzäunung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊmˈt͡sɔɪ̯nʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Umzäunung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Umzäunung is uncommon German at frequency #81,060 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊmˈt͡sɔɪ̯nʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Umzäunung in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Umzäunung, spelled U-M-Z-Ä-U-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung, etwas mit einem Zaun zu umgeben
- 2Ergebnis von [1]: Zaun, der etwas umgibt
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Umzäunung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.