Zapfsäule
[ˈt͡sap͡fˌzɔɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Zapfsäule” is uncommon German (frequency #75,266 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,266
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anlage zum Einfüllen von Kraftstoffen in Kraftfahrzeuge an einer Tankstelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-zapfsaule · Zapfsäule · German
Zapfsäule · rank #75,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,266
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zehnkampf
Nearest frequency peer: Zehnkampf (+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 „Zapfsäule“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Würfelspiel
Würfelspiel
24,739 corpus weight
- würzige
würzige
24,738 corpus weight
- Zapfsäule
Zapfsäule
24,735 corpus weight
- Zehnkampf
Zehnkampf
24,734 corpus weight
- zeichnest
zeichnest
24,733 corpus weight
- Zeitungsver…
Zeitungsverleger
24,732 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zapfsäule“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zapfsäule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sap͡fˌzɔɪ̯lə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zapfsäule“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zapfsäule is uncommon German at frequency #75,266 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sap͡fˌzɔɪ̯lə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anlage zum Einfüllen von Kraftstoffen in Kraftfahrzeuge an einer Tankstelle".
Zapfsäule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zapfsäule, spelled Z-A-P-F-S-Ä-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Anlage zum Einfüllen von Kraftstoffen in Kraftfahrzeuge an einer Tankstelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zapfsäule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An einer Zapfsäule tankte er den Wagen.
In letzter Zeit erleben viele Bürger einen Preisschock an der Zapfsäule.
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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