zerlegen
[ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zerlegen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,132
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in seine Komponenten aufteilen, in seine Einzelteile auflösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerlegen · zerlegen · German
zerlegen · rank #21,132 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,132
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH ziemliche
Nearest frequency peer: ziemliche (+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 “zerlegen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
78,872 corpus weight
- Wohnheim
Wohnheim
78,871 corpus weight
- zerlegen
zerlegen
78,869 corpus weight
- ziemliche
ziemliche
78,868 corpus weight
- Zivilbevölk…
Zivilbevölkerung
78,867 corpus weight
- zugeht
zugeht
78,866 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zerlegen” 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 | zerlegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerlegen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around zerlegen (IPA [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈleːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,132 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for zerlegen, with forms such as "ezrlegen", "zelregen", and "zerelgen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "zulegen", "zerlegt", "Zerlegung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is zerlegen, spelled Z-E-R-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in seine Komponenten aufteilen, in seine Einzelteile auflösen
- 2in Teile schneiden
- 3analysieren, einzeln untersuchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerlegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die neue Fräsmaschine wurde in ihre Einzelteile zerlegt.
Der Koch zerlegte die gebratene Gans fachmännisch.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezrlegen
- zelregen
- zerelgen
- zerleegn
- zerlegenn
- zerleggen
- zerlegne
- zerlgeen
- zerllegen
- zerrlegen
- zrelegen
- zzerlegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zerlegen - 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 3, 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 "zerlegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "zerlegen". Here's where to go from here.
- "zerlegen" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zulegen". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,132 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.