Zapfsäule
[ˈt͡sap͡fˌzɔɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Zapfsäule” is uncommon German (frequency #75,266 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,266
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anlage zum Einfüllen von Kraftstoffen in Kraftfahrzeuge an einer Tankstelle
| 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) |
Where “Zapfsäule” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zapfsäule is uncommon German at frequency #75,266 among 37,643 “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
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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 “Zapfsäule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-A-P-F-S-Ä-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sap͡fˌzɔɪ̯lə] (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.