zahlreich
[ˈt͡saːlˌʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“zahlreich” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,840
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in großer Anzahl vorhanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zahlreich · zahlreich · German
zahlreich · rank #12,840 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,840
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zaubern
Nearest frequency peer: zaubern (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „zahlreich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- widmete
widmete
87,165 corpus weight
- Wolfram
Wolfram
87,163 corpus weight
- zahlreich
zahlreich
87,161 corpus weight
- zaubern
zaubern
87,160 corpus weight
- Zeitgenossen
Zeitgenossen
87,159 corpus weight
- zeitlichen
zeitlichen
87,158 corpus weight
What this shows „zahlreich“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zahlreich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːlˌʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zahlreich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around zahlreich (IPA [ˈt͡saːlˌʁaɪ̯ç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,840 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in großer Anzahl vorhanden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zahlreich, with forms such as "azhlreich", "zahhlreich", and "zahlerich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zahlreiche", "zahlreichen", "zahlreicher", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is zahlreich, spelled Z-A-H-L-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in großer Anzahl vorhanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zahlreich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich will die Richtigkeit dieser Zauberformel am Leben zahlreicher erfolgreicher Menschen aufzeigen.
„Bewährt hatte sich durch zahlreiche persönliche Beziehungen zwischen der vermischten und den munizipalen Aristokratien Italiens eng geknüpfte Band der Wehrgenossenschaft, die Hannibal trotz vielerlei Bemühungen und einiger Teilerfolge nicht zu sprengen vermochte.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azhlreich
- zahhlreich
- zahlerich
- zahllreich
- zahlrecih
- zahlreicch
- zahlreichh
- zahlreihc
- zahlriech
- zahlrreich
- zahrleich
- zalhreich
- zhalreich
- zzahlreich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zahlreich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "zahlreich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).