Zähnchen
[ˈt͡sɛːnçən]
The verdict
“Zähnchen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,411 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,411
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zähnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛːnçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zähnchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zähnchen is uncommon German at frequency #82,411 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zähnchen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zähnchen, spelled Z-Ä-H-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
- 2Teil des zahnähnlichen Gebildes auf der Haifischhaut
- 3Zacke einer am Rand von Papier, Blättern oder anderen Gegenständen befindlichen Zahnung
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Using “Zähnchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-Ä-H-N-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sɛːnçən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.