Zahnes
[ˈt͡saːnəs]
The verdict
“Zahnes” is uncommon German (frequency #82,376 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,376
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Zahn
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zahnes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːnəs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zahnes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zahnes is uncommon German at frequency #82,376 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saːnəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Zahn".
Zahnes has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zahnes, spelled Z-A-H-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Zahn
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 “Zahnes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-A-H-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.