Ziegler
[ˈt͡siːɡlɐ]
The verdict
“Ziegler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,845
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-ziegler · Ziegler · German
Ziegler · rank #12,845 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,845
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zerlegt
Nearest frequency peer: zerlegt (-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 „Ziegler“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zeitgenossen
Zeitgenossen
87,159 corpus weight
- zeitlichen
zeitlichen
87,158 corpus weight
- zerlegt
zerlegt
87,157 corpus weight
- Ziegler
Ziegler
87,156 corpus weight
- zugreifen
zugreifen
87,155 corpus weight
- zähle
zähle
87,154 corpus weight
What this shows „Ziegler“ 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 | Ziegler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡siːɡlɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ziegler“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Ziegler (IPA [ˈt͡siːɡlɐ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,845 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ziegler, with forms such as "izegler", "zeigler", and "ziegelr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Ziele", "zielen", "ziviler", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ziegler, spelled Z-I-E-G-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ziegler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um der Immunerkrankung vorzubeugen, schlagen Wissenschaftler neue Wege ein. In einer Untersuchung testet Anette-Gabriele Ziegler zusammen mit Studienärzten am Helmholtz-Zentrum in München seit drei Jahren eine Insulin-Impfung.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- izegler
- zeigler
- ziegelr
- zieggler
- zieglerr
- ziegller
- zieglre
- zielger
- zigeler
- zziegler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ziegler - 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 "Ziegler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).