Zadar

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The verdict

“Zadar” is uncommon German (frequency #93,864 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,864
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hafenstadt im Westen von Kroatien am Adriatischen Meer

Corpus desk

Index DE-zadar · Zadar · German

Zadar · rank #93,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,864
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zacke

Nearest frequency peer: Zacke (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Zadar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zadar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zadar
PropertyValue
HeadwordZadar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zadar“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Zadarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zacke“ (#93,863), „Zaubers“ (#93,865), „Zeichentrickfilme“ (#93,866). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zadar“ bei #93,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zadar is uncommon German at frequency #93,864 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hafenstadt im Westen von Kroatien am Adriatischen Meer".

Zadar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zadar, spelled Z-A-D-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hafenstadt im Westen von Kroatien am Adriatischen Meer

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zadar"?
"Zadar" is spelled Z-A-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Zadar" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zadar" means: Hafenstadt im Westen von Kroatien am Adriatischen Meer
How do you pronounce "Zadar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zadar" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zadar" come from?
"Zadar" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zadar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list