Zirkeln
[ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩n]
The verdict
“Zirkeln” is uncommon German (frequency #75,274 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,274
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zirkel
Corpus desk
Index DE-zirkeln · Zirkeln · German
Zirkeln · rank #75,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,274
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH ziehende
Nearest frequency peer: ziehende (-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 „Zirkeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zerstörtes
zerstörtes
24,730 corpus weight
- zertifizier…
zertifizierter
24,729 corpus weight
- ziehende
ziehende
24,728 corpus weight
- Zirkeln
Zirkeln
24,727 corpus weight
- Zisterziens…
Zisterzienser
24,726 corpus weight
- zufriedenes
zufriedenes
24,724 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zirkeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zirkeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zirkeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zirkeln is uncommon German at frequency #75,274 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zirkel".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zirkeln, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zirkeln, spelled Z-I-R-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zirkel
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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