zerstreut
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“zerstreut” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,036
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geistig abwesend, nicht auf eine Sache konzentriert
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerstreut · zerstreut · German
zerstreut · rank #28,036 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #28,036
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zerschlagung
Nearest frequency peer: Zerschlagung (-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 „zerstreut“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zeitlos
zeitlos
71,968 corpus weight
- zerren
zerren
71,967 corpus weight
- Zerschlagung
Zerschlagung
71,966 corpus weight
- zerstreut
zerstreut
71,965 corpus weight
- Zipfel
Zipfel
71,964 corpus weight
- zugespitzt
zugespitzt
71,963 corpus weight
What this shows „zerstreut“ 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 | zerstreut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zerstreut“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around zerstreut (IPA [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,036 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "geistig abwesend, nicht auf eine Sache konzentriert".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zerstreut, with forms such as "ezrstreut", "zerrstreut", and "zersrteut". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zerstreuen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 zerstreut, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-R-E-U-T.
Definition
- 1geistig abwesend, nicht auf eine Sache konzentriert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zerstreut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich war gestern so zerstreut, dass ich beinahe Kühlschrank und Geschirrspüler verwechselte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezrstreut
- zerrstreut
- zersrteut
- zersstreut
- zersterut
- zerstretu
- zerstreutt
- zerstrreut
- zerstruet
- zersttreut
- zertsreut
- zesrtreut
- zrestreut
- zzerstreut
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zerstreut - 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 "zerstreut", 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).