zehn
[t͡seːn]
The verdict
“zehn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #731
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf
Corpus desk
Index DE-zehn · zehn · German
zehn · rank #731 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #731
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zahl
Nearest frequency peer: Zahl (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zehn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wohnung
Wohnung
99,273 corpus weight
- Zahl
Zahl
99,271 corpus weight
- zehn
zehn
99,270 corpus weight
- handelt
handelt
99,269 corpus weight
- kennen
kennen
99,268 corpus weight
- Kunst
Kunst
99,267 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zehn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zehn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [t͡seːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zehn” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around zehn (IPA [t͡seːn]), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #731 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for zehn, with forms such as "ezhn", "zehhn", and "zehnn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ZH", "Zeit", "Zeug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 zehn, spelled Z-E-H-N.
Definition
- 1die Kardinalzahl zwischen neun und elf
- 2„zehn Uhr“ oder „zweiundzwanzig Uhr“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zehn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Wort „Zehnerlein“ hat zehn Buchstaben.
Wir treffen uns um zehn.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezhn
- zehhn
- zehnn
- zenh
- zhen
- zzehn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zehn - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zehn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.