ziviles

[t͡siˈviːləs]

/[t͡siˈviːləs]/ adj

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The verdict

“ziviles” is uncommon German (frequency #81,200 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,200
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziviles · ziviles · German

ziviles · rank #81,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,200
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zitats

Nearest frequency peer: Zitats (-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 „ziviles“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ziviles“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ziviles
PropertyValue
Headwordziviles
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[t͡siˈviːləs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ziviles“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zivilesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zitats“ (#81,199), „Zuckerbrot“ (#81,201), „zirkuliert“ (#81,198). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „ziviles“ bei #81,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ziviles is uncommon German at frequency #81,200 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡siˈviːləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ziviles, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ziviles, spelled Z-I-V-I-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ziviles"?
"ziviles" is spelled Z-I-V-I-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡siˈviːləs].
What does "ziviles" mean?
As an adjective, "ziviles" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zivil
How do you pronounce "ziviles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ziviles" is [t͡siˈviːləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ziviles" come from?
"ziviles" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ziviles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zierten#81,197Ölkrise#81,216Wischer#81,184Ölmühle#81,217

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list