Zahltag
[ˈt͡saːlˌtaːk]
The verdict
“Zahltag” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,277
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tag, an dem der Lohn oder eine andere Zahlung ausgezahlt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zahltag · Zahltag · German
Zahltag · rank #42,277 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,277
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH wütet
Nearest frequency peer: wütet (-2 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 „Zahltag“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wüten
wüten
57,727 corpus weight
- wütet
wütet
57,726 corpus weight
- Zahltag
Zahltag
57,724 corpus weight
- Zentralasien
Zentralasien
57,721 corpus weight
- zerfetzt
zerfetzt
57,720 corpus weight
- ZiB
ZiB
57,719 corpus weight
What this shows „Zahltag“ 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 | Zahltag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːlˌtaːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Zahltag“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Zahltag (IPA [ˈt͡saːlˌtaːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,277 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zahltag, with forms such as "azhltag", "zahhltag", and "zahlatg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "zählte", "Zahlung", "zählten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zahltag, spelled Z-A-H-L-T-A-G.
Definition
- 1Tag, an dem der Lohn oder eine andere Zahlung ausgezahlt wird
- 2Zeitpunkt des Ausgleichs für konträre Taten
- 3die Summe, die am Zahltag ^([1]) ausgezahlt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zahltag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Zahltag kommt endlich wieder Geld in die Kasse.
„Jeden Freitag, am Zahltag, wartete seine Frau auf ihn und nahm ihm das Geld ab.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azhltag
- zahhltag
- zahlatg
- zahlltag
- zahltagg
- zahltga
- zahlttag
- zahtlag
- zalhtag
- zhaltag
- zzahltag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zahltag - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zahltag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).