Zane
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The verdict
“Zane” is uncommon German (frequency #71,019 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,019
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - typisierte Figur eines Dieners, die ursprünglich einen armen und unwissenden bergamaskischen Bauern darstellte
Corpus desk
Index DE-zane · Zane · German
Zane · rank #71,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,019
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zeitstempel
Nearest frequency peer: Zeitstempel (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Zane“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wundersamen
wundersamen
28,986 corpus weight
- Zane
Zane
28,982 corpus weight
- Zeitstempel
Zeitstempel
28,981 corpus weight
- zeugten
zeugten
28,980 corpus weight
- Zielerreich…
Zielerreichung
28,979 corpus weight
- Zielperson
Zielperson
28,978 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zane“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zane |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #71,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zane“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zane is uncommon German at frequency #71,019 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "typisierte Figur eines Dieners, die ursprünglich einen armen und unwissenden bergamaskischen Bauern darstellte".
Zane doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Zane, spelled Z-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1typisierte Figur eines Dieners, die ursprünglich einen armen und unwissenden bergamaskischen Bauern darstellte
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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