zack
[t͡sak]
The verdict
“zack” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,309
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - drückt aus, dass etwas ganz plötzlich geschieht oder zu geschehen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-zack · zack · German
zack · rank #8,309 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,309
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Wänden
Nearest frequency peer: Wänden (-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 “zack”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verringert
verringert
91,695 corpus weight
- Weimarer
Weimarer
91,694 corpus weight
- Wänden
Wänden
91,693 corpus weight
- zack
zack
91,692 corpus weight
- Zeugnis
Zeugnis
91,691 corpus weight
- Zitate
Zitate
91,690 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zack” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [t͡sak] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zack” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around zack (IPA [t͡sak]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #8,309 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "drückt aus, dass etwas ganz plötzlich geschieht oder zu geschehen hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for zack, with forms such as "azck", "zacck", and "zackk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ZK", "zäh", "Zar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zack, spelled Z-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1drückt aus, dass etwas ganz plötzlich geschieht oder zu geschehen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jetzt raus aus der Badewanne, aber zack!
„Eben noch als Friseur hinterm Stuhl gestanden und Haare geschnitten, und plötzlich – zack – im Fernsehen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azck
- zacck
- zackk
- zakc
- zcak
- zzack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zack - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zack", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "zack". Here's where to go from here.
- "zack" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ZK". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,309 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.