zech
[t͡sɛç]
The verdict
“zech” is uncommon German (frequency #50,210 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,210
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs zechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zech · zech · German
zech · rank #50,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,210
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Yokohama
Nearest frequency peer: Yokohama (-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 „zech“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- wähnt
wähnt
49,794 corpus weight
- Yachten
Yachten
49,793 corpus weight
- Yokohama
Yokohama
49,792 corpus weight
- zech
zech
49,791 corpus weight
- Zentralafri…
Zentralafrika
49,789 corpus weight
- Zerwürfnis
Zerwürfnis
49,788 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zech“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zech |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛç] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zech“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zech is uncommon German at frequency #50,210 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs zechen".
No misspelling variants are generated for zech in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zech, spelled Z-E-C-H.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs zechen
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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