Zerstörer
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Zerstörer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,224
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Form des Kriegsschiffes, kleinstes Kriegsschiff, welches operative Aufträge ohne weitere Unterstützung erfüllen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerstorer · Zerstörer · German
Zerstörer · rank #22,224 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,224
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zensiert
Nearest frequency peer: zensiert (-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 „Zerstörer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zeitzeugen
Zeitzeugen
77,780 corpus weight
- Zement
Zement
77,779 corpus weight
- zensiert
zensiert
77,778 corpus weight
- Zerstörer
Zerstörer
77,777 corpus weight
- zufriedenst…
zufriedenstellend
77,776 corpus weight
- zufügen
zufügen
77,775 corpus weight
What this shows „Zerstörer“ 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 | Zerstörer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Zerstörer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Zerstörer (IPA [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,224 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zerstörer, with forms such as "ezrstörer", "zerrstörer", and "zersstörer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "zerstört", "zerstörte", "zerstörten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zerstörer, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Form des Kriegsschiffes, kleinstes Kriegsschiff, welches operative Aufträge ohne weitere Unterstützung erfüllen kann
- 2ursprünglich Bezeichnung für ein kleines und schnelles Kriegsschiff zur Abwehr von Torpedobooten
- 3jemand, der etwas zerstört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zerstörer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Zerstörer Mölders legte im Hafen an.
„Fast jeden Tag kamen neue Zerstörer hinzu und schlossen sich der Jagd an.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezrstörer
- zerrstörer
- zersstörer
- zerströer
- zersttörer
- zerstöerr
- zerstörerr
- zerstörre
- zerstörrer
- zersötrer
- zertsörer
- zesrtörer
- zrestörer
- zzerstörer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zerstörer - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zerstörer", 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).