zerfleischt
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃt]
The verdict
“zerfleischt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,120 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,120
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerfleischen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerfleischt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerfleischt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zerfleischt is uncommon German at frequency #62,120 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zerfleischt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zerfleischt, spelled Z-E-R-F-L-E-I-S-C-H-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerfleischen
- 22. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerfleischen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerfleischen
- 42. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerfleischen
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 “zerfleischt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-F-L-E-I-S-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈflaɪ̯ʃt] (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.