Zickzack
[ˈt͡sɪkˌt͡sak]
The verdict
“Zickzack” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,716
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mehrfache Richtungsänderung in spitzem Winkel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zickzack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪkˌt͡sak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zickzack” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Zickzack (IPA [ˈt͡sɪkˌt͡sak]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,716 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mehrfache Richtungsänderung in spitzem Winkel".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zickzack, with forms such as "izckzack", "zcikzack", and "zicckzack". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zickzack, spelled Z-I-C-K-Z-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1mehrfache Richtungsänderung in spitzem Winkel
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: izckzack,zcikzack,zicckzack,zickazck,zickkzack,zickzacck,zickzackk,zickzakc,zickzcak,zickzzack,ziczkack,zikczack,zzickzack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zickzack - 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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Using “Zickzack”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-I-C-K-Z-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sɪkˌt͡sak] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.