Zarah
[ˈt͡saːʁa]
The verdict
“Zarah” is uncommon German (frequency #84,825 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,825
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-zarah · Zarah · German
Zarah · rank #84,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,825
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zahnlos
Nearest frequency peer: zahnlos (-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 „Zarah“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zahlentheor…
Zahlentheorie
15,179 corpus weight
- Zahnarztes
Zahnarztes
15,178 corpus weight
- zahnlos
zahnlos
15,177 corpus weight
- Zarah
Zarah
15,176 corpus weight
- Zauberern
Zauberern
15,175 corpus weight
- Zauberformel
Zauberformel
15,174 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zarah“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zarah |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːʁa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zarah“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zarah is uncommon German at frequency #84,825 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈt͡saːʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zarah, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zarah, spelled Z-A-R-A-H.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zarah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du ein schönes Portrait von dir haben möchtest, musst du dich von Zarah malen lassen.
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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