Zettelchen

[ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən]

/[ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən]/ noun

The verdict

“Zettelchen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,088 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,088
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Zettel

Corpus desk

Index DE-zettelchen · Zettelchen · German

Zettelchen · rank #86,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,088
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zerrieben

Nearest frequency peer: zerrieben (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Zettelchen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zettelchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zettelchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordZettelchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,088
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zettelchen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Zettelchenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zerrieben“ (#86,087), „Zielfernrohr“ (#86,089), „zerplatzen“ (#86,086). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zettelchen“ bei #86,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zettelchen is uncommon German at frequency #86,088 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Zettel".

No misspelling variants are generated for Zettelchen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zettelchen, spelled Z-E-T-T-E-L-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Zettel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zettelchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Manche Vermieter sind vom Ukaswahn besessen und verständigen sich mit erzieherischen Zettelchen, andere erlassen Verordnungen in Blockschrift, die sie mit Reißnägeln im WC und in der Diele befestigen.“
  2. „Sie las den Zettel dreimal und wollte ihn dann in die Schachtel stecken, die sie stets mit sich herumtrug und in der sie eine Menge ähnlicher Zettelchen, kleiner Botschaften und lustiger Mitteilungen aufbewahrte, die Eiríkur im Lauf der letzten Jahre hier und da hinterlassen hatte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zettelchen"?
"Zettelchen" is spelled Z-E-T-T-E-L-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən].
What does "Zettelchen" mean?
As a noun, "Zettelchen" means: kleiner Zettel
How do you pronounce "Zettelchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zettelchen" is [ˈt͡sɛtl̩çən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zettelchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list