Zimt
[t͡sɪmt]
The verdict
“Zimt” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,581
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus der getrockneten Rinde verschiedener Zimtbäume (Cinnamomum) gewonnenes gelblich rotbraunes, süßlich schmeckendes Gewürz
Corpus desk
Index DE-zimt · Zimt · German
Zimt · rank #22,581 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,581
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH ZPO
Nearest frequency peer: ZPO (+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 „Zimt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- würfeln
würfeln
77,424 corpus weight
- Yamaha
Yamaha
77,423 corpus weight
- Zimt
Zimt
77,420 corpus weight
- ZPO
ZPO
77,419 corpus weight
- zubereiten
zubereiten
77,418 corpus weight
- zurückführen
zurückführen
77,417 corpus weight
What this shows „Zimt“ 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 | Zimt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɪmt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Zimt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Zimt (IPA [t͡sɪmt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,581 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aus der getrockneten Rinde verschiedener Zimtbäume (Cinnamomum) gewonnenes gelblich rotbraunes, süßlich schmeckendes Gewürz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zimt, with forms such as "izmt", "zimmt", and "zimtt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zum", "zip", "Zink", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zimt, spelled Z-I-M-T.
Definition
- 1aus der getrockneten Rinde verschiedener Zimtbäume (Cinnamomum) gewonnenes gelblich rotbraunes, süßlich schmeckendes Gewürz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zimt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zimt ist eines der ältesten Gewürze, das angeblich schon 3000 v. Chr. in China als Gewürz verwendet wurde.
„Die Baronin preßt die Lippen zusammen und bramst. Sie ist gekommen, um Zimt zu kaufen. Die Mutter gibt ihr ein Beutelchen Zimt. Nein, die Baronin will Röllchen-Zimt. Meine Mutter langt eine Rolle Stangen-Zimt aus dem Glas. Nein, die Baronin will keinen Zimt, den meine Mutter mit den Fingern angefaßt hat!“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- izmt
- zimmt
- zimtt
- zitm
- zmit
- zzimt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zimt - 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 "Zimt", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).