zerschlagen
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zerschlagen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,077
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas mit einem oder mehreren kräftigen Hieben zerstören
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 | zerschlagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #13,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zerschlagen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around zerschlagen (IPA [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,077 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for zerschlagen, with forms such as "ezrschlagen", "zercshlagen", and "zerrschlagen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Zerschlagung", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zerschlagen, spelled Z-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit einem oder mehreren kräftigen Hieben zerstören
- 2eine gegnerische Gruppe von Menschen unschädlich machen
- 3etwas in kleinere Einheiten aufteilen
- 4scheitern, nicht zum Erfolg führen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ezrschlagen,zercshlagen,zerrschlagen,zerscchlagen,zerschalgen,zerschhlagen,zerschlaegn,zerschlagenn,zerschlaggen,zerschlagne,zerschlgaen,zerschllagen,zersclhagen,zershclagen,zersschlagen,zesrchlagen,zreschlagen,zzerschlagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zerschlagen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “zerschlagen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Zerschlagung” - see the side-by-side comparison. zerschlagen vs Zerschlagung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.