zählten
[ˈt͡sɛːltn̩]
The verdict
“zählten” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,219
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zahlten · zählten · German
zählten · rank #14,219 · 11 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,219
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zwischenfall
Nearest frequency peer: Zwischenfall (-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 „zählten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zugabe
Zugabe
85,785 corpus weight
- zusagen
zusagen
85,784 corpus weight
- Zwischenfall
Zwischenfall
85,783 corpus weight
- zählten
zählten
85,782 corpus weight
- ökologisch
ökologisch
85,781 corpus weight
- Überlebende
Überlebende
85,780 corpus weight
What this shows „zählten“ 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 | zählten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛːltn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zählten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around zählten (IPA [ˈt͡sɛːltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,219 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for zählten, with forms such as "zhälten", "zzählten", and "zähhlten". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Zähnen", "zarten", "zelten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is zählten, spelled Z-Ä-H-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zählen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zählen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zählen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zählen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- zhälten
- zzählten
- zähhlten
- zähletn
- zähllten
- zähltenn
- zähltne
- zähltten
- zähtlen
- zälhten
- äzhlten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zählten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zählten", 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).