Zloty

[ˈzlɔti]

/[ˈzlɔti]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zloty” is uncommon German (frequency #65,915 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,915
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landeswährung Polens

Corpus desk

Index DE-zloty · Zloty · German

Zloty · rank #65,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,915
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zivilrechtlich

Nearest frequency peer: zivilrechtlich (-2 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 „Zloty“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zloty
PropertyValue
HeadwordZloty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzlɔti]
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,915
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zloty“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zivilrechtlich“ (#65,913), „zubereitete“ (#65,917), „Zufalls“ (#65,918). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zloty“ bei #65,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zloty is uncommon German at frequency #65,915 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzlɔti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landeswährung Polens".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zloty, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zloty, spelled Z-L-O-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Landeswährung Polens

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Zloty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ein Zloty hat 100 Grosze.

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 "Zloty"?
"Zloty" is spelled Z-L-O-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzlɔti].
What does "Zloty" mean?
As a noun, "Zloty" means: Landeswährung Polens
How do you pronounce "Zloty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zloty" is [ˈzlɔti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zloty" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wälle#65,901zünde#65,930Aigen#65,955Wampe#65,869

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list