Zeta
[ˈt͡seːta]
The verdict
“Zeta” is uncommon German (frequency #68,912 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,912
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sechster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeta · Zeta · German
Zeta · rank #68,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,912
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zentraleuropa
Nearest frequency peer: Zentraleuropa (-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 “Zeta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zentralafri…
zentralafrikanische
31,091 corpus weight
- Zentraleuro…
Zentraleuropa
31,090 corpus weight
- Zeta
Zeta
31,089 corpus weight
- ZEW
ZEW
31,088 corpus weight
- Zitronensäu…
Zitronensäure
31,086 corpus weight
- Zollhaus
Zollhaus
31,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zeta” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeta |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːta] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Zeta” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Zeta is uncommon German at frequency #68,912 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sechster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets".
Zeta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zeta, spelled Z-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1sechster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Neugriechischen kommt Zeta nach Epsilon und vor Eta.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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