Zäpfchen
[ˈt͡sɛp͡fçn̩]
The verdict
“Zäpfchen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,978 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,978
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - allgemein: kleiner Zapfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zapfchen · Zäpfchen · German
Zäpfchen · rank #63,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,978
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zweistündigen
Nearest frequency peer: zweistündigen (-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 „Zäpfchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zuzustellen
zuzustellen
36,026 corpus weight
- Zweisitzer
Zweisitzer
36,025 corpus weight
- zweistündig…
zweistündigen
36,024 corpus weight
- Zäpfchen
Zäpfchen
36,023 corpus weight
- zündeten
zündeten
36,022 corpus weight
- ändernden
ändernden
36,021 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zäpfchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zäpfchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛp͡fçn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zäpfchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zäpfchen is uncommon German at frequency #63,978 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛp͡fçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Zäpfchen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zäpfchen, spelled Z-Ä-P-F-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1allgemein: kleiner Zapfen
- 2zapfenartiges, nach unten hängendes muskulöses Gebilde am hinteren Ende des Velums, des weichen Gaumens
- 3zapfenförmiges Medikament zum Einführen in After oder Vagina
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zäpfchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das sog. "Zäpfchen-[R]" (hinteres [R]) wird durch Vibration des Zäpfchens gebildet.
Es verursachte ihm Probleme, das Zäpfchen einzuführen.
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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