Zerrbild
[ˈt͡sɛʁˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Zerrbild” is uncommon German (frequency #93,869 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,869
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Darstellung, die die Wirklichkeit entstellend/verzerrt wiedergibt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zerrbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛʁˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zerrbild” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zerrbild is uncommon German at frequency #93,869 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛʁˌbɪlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Darstellung, die die Wirklichkeit entstellend/verzerrt wiedergibt".
Zerrbild has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zerrbild, spelled Z-E-R-R-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Darstellung, die die Wirklichkeit entstellend/verzerrt wiedergibt
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 “Zerrbild”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-R-B-I-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sɛʁˌbɪlt] (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.