Zirkon
[t͡sɪʁˈkoːn]
The verdict
“Zirkon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein natürlicher Edelstein (Zirkonium-Silicat), im Unterschied zum synthetischen Diamant-Ersatz Zirkonia
Corpus desk
Index DE-zirkon · Zirkon · German
Zirkon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zirkon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɪʁˈkoːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zirkon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zirkon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɪʁˈkoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein natürlicher Edelstein (Zirkonium-Silicat), im Unterschied zum synthetischen Diamant-Ersatz Zirkonia".
Zirkon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Zirkon, spelled Z-I-R-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1ein natürlicher Edelstein (Zirkonium-Silicat), im Unterschied zum synthetischen Diamant-Ersatz Zirkonia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zirkon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die bisher ältesten Minerale, die auf der Erde gefunden wurden, sind Zirkone aus [..] Westaustralien, mit einem Alter von 4,404 Milliarden Jahren.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.