zerstören
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən]
The verdict
“zerstören” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,090
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas sehr stark beschädigen und (damit meist) unbrauchbar machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerstoren · zerstören · German
zerstören · rank #4,090 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,090
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zeigten
Nearest frequency peer: zeigten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „zerstören“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- WLAN
WLAN
95,914 corpus weight
- wussten
wussten
95,913 corpus weight
- zeigten
zeigten
95,912 corpus weight
- zerstören
zerstören
95,911 corpus weight
- zugänglich
zugänglich
95,910 corpus weight
- anerkannt
anerkannt
95,908 corpus weight
What this shows „zerstören“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | zerstören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zerstören“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around zerstören (IPA [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,090 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zerstören, with forms such as "ezrstören", "zerrstören", and "zersstören". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "zerstört", "zerstörte", "Zerstörer", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zerstören, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas sehr stark beschädigen und (damit meist) unbrauchbar machen
- 2zunichtemachen, zugrunde richten, zerrütten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerstören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Streptokokkus ist ein Bakterium, das Zähne zerstört.
„Bevor der Arzt dem Patienten die gentherapeutisch veränderten Blutstammzellen verabreicht, muss er dessen defektes Knochenmark mit einer Chemotherapie zerstören.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezrstören
- zerrstören
- zersstören
- zerströen
- zersttören
- zerstöern
- zerstörenn
- zerstörne
- zerstörren
- zersötren
- zertsören
- zesrtören
- zrestören
- zzerstören
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zerstören - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zerstören", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).