Zahn
[t͡saːn]
The verdict
“Zahn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,428
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-zahn · Zahn · German
Zahn · rank #7,428 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,428
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zivilisten
Nearest frequency peer: Zivilisten (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zahn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- work
work
92,576 corpus weight
- wöchentlich
wöchentlich
92,575 corpus weight
- Zahn
Zahn
92,573 corpus weight
- Zivilisten
Zivilisten
92,572 corpus weight
- zweit
zweit
92,571 corpus weight
- überfordert
überfordert
92,570 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zahn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Zahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡saːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zahn” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Zahn (IPA [t͡saːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,428 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zahn, with forms such as "azhn", "zahhn", and "zahnn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ZH", "Zeh", "Zar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zahn, spelled Z-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
- 2eine Zacke bei Gegenständen mit aneinandergereihten Spitzen (zum Beispiel Zahnrad oder Säge)
- 3Bewegung (Fahrt, Lauf) mit hoher Geschwindigkeit
- 4zahnähnliches Gebilde auf der Haifischhaut
- 5junge, attraktive Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Zahnarzt entfernte ihr drei Zähne.
Das Kleinkind bekommt seine ersten Zähne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azhn
- zahhn
- zahnn
- zanh
- zhan
- zzahn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zahn - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zahn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.