Zehnkampf
[ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f]
The verdict
“Zehnkampf” is uncommon German (frequency #75,267 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,267
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus zehn leichtathletischen Einzelwettbewerben an zwei Tagen besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zehnkampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zehnkampf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zehnkampf is uncommon German at frequency #75,267 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zehnkampf, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zehnkampf, spelled Z-E-H-N-K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus zehn leichtathletischen Einzelwettbewerben an zwei Tagen besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
- 2antiker Zehnkampf, auch als Dekathlon bezeichnet
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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 “Zehnkampf”
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- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-H-N-K-A-M-P-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.