zieh
[t͡siː]
The verdict
“zieh” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,750
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zeihen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zieh · zieh · German
zieh · rank #6,750 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,750
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH wendet
Nearest frequency peer: wendet (-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 „zieh“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wa
wa
93,254 corpus weight
- weitergehen
weitergehen
93,253 corpus weight
- wendet
wendet
93,252 corpus weight
- zieh
zieh
93,251 corpus weight
- Zielgruppe
Zielgruppe
93,250 corpus weight
- zugrunde
zugrunde
93,249 corpus weight
What this shows „zieh“ 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 | zieh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡siː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zieh“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around zieh (IPA [t͡siː]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,750 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zieh, with forms such as "izeh", "zeih", and "ziehh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zig", "Zoe", "zip", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zieh, spelled Z-I-E-H.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zeihen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zeihen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- izeh
- zeih
- ziehh
- zihe
- zzieh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zieh - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "zieh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).