zäher

Name: zäher, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈt͡sɛːɐ]

/[ˈt͡sɛːɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“zäher” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,351
frequency rank, German: 1,996
“Z” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh

Corpus desk

Index DE-zaher · zäher · German

zäher · rank #40,351 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #40,351
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,996
PHOTO-FINISH überrumpelt

Nearest frequency peer: überrumpelt (+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.

Zwangsverst…

59,653
zweitem

59,652
zäher

59,650
überrumpelt

59,649
überschneid…

59,648
überschüttet

59,647

What this shows „zäher“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

zäher vs Zar

20% similar

zäher vs Zahl

20% similar

zäher vs Zahn

20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for zäher
Property	Value
Headword	zäher
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈt͡sɛːɐ]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#40,351
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zäher“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zäherliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#40,351

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „überrumpelt“ (#40,352), „zweitem“ (#40,349), „überschneiden“ (#40,353). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zäher“ bei #40,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around zäher (IPA [ˈt͡sɛːɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,351 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for zäher, with forms such as "zhäer", "zzäher", and "zäehr". 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, "Zar", "Zahl", "Zahn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zäher, spelled Z-Ä-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

zhäer
zzäher
zäehr
zäherr
zähher
zähre
äzher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zäher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "zäher"

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 "zäher"?

"zäher" is spelled Z-Ä-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɛːɐ].

What does "zäher" mean?

As an adjective, "zäher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zäh

What words are commonly confused with "zäher"?

"zäher" is commonly confused with "Zar", "Zahl", "Zahn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "zäher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zäher" is [ˈt͡sɛːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "zäher" come from?

"zäher" 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 "zäher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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