zitterte
[ˈt͡sɪtɐtə]
The verdict
“zitterte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,150
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zittern
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 | zitterte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪtɐtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zitterte” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around zitterte (IPA [ˈt͡sɪtɐtə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,150 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zitterte, with forms such as "iztterte", "ziterte", and "zitetrte". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "zitiert", "zittern", "zitiere", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zitterte, spelled Z-I-T-T-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zittern
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zittern
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zittern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zittern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iztterte,ziterte,zitetrte,zitteret,zitterrte,zittertte,zittetre,zittrete,ztiterte,zzitterte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zitterte - 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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Using “zitterte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-I-T-T-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sɪtɐtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zitiert” - see the side-by-side comparison. zitterte vs zitiert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.