Zita
[ˈt͡siːta]
The verdict
“Zita” is uncommon German (frequency #93,873 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,873
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zita |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡siːta] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zita” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zita is uncommon German at frequency #93,873 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".
Zita doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zita, spelled Z-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
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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Using “Zita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.