zerschellt
[ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃɛlt]
The verdict
“zerschellt” is uncommon German (frequency #95,171 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,171
- 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 zerschellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerschellt · zerschellt · German
zerschellt · rank #95,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,171
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 37,643
- PHOTO-FINISH zerbrechlichen
Nearest frequency peer: zerbrechlichen (-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 “zerschellt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zentralem
zentralem
4,833 corpus weight
- zerbrechlic…
zerbrechlichen
4,831 corpus weight
- zerschellt
zerschellt
4,830 corpus weight
- zivilisator…
zivilisatorische
4,827 corpus weight
- Zivilperson…
Zivilpersonen
4,826 corpus weight
- zockst
zockst
4,825 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zerschellt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerschellt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃɛlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerschellt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zerschellt is uncommon German at frequency #95,171 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌt͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
zerschellt has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zerschellt, spelled Z-E-R-S-C-H-E-L-L-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerschellen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerschellen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zerschellen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.