zocken

/[ˈt͡sɔkn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,855

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

zocken is aGermanverb. It means: Glücksspiele machen; um Geld spielen Pronounced [ˈt͡sɔkn̩]. It ranks #7,855 in German word frequency. Often confused with zogen and Zonen.

Key facts for zocken
PropertyValue
Headwordzocken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt͡sɔkn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,855
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zocken in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zocken is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡sɔkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,855 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for zocken, with forms such as "ozcken", "zcoken", and "zoccken". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "zogen", "Zonen", "zockt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is zocken, spelled Z-O-C-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glücksspiele machen; um Geld spielen
  2. 2
    riskante Börsengeschäfte betreiben
  3. 3
    hartnäckig, kleinlich (um etwas) handeln, verhandeln
  4. 4
    (vor allem bei Glücksspielen) risikofreudig agieren
  5. 5
    (ein Spiel, vor allem ein Computer- oder Konsolenspiel) spielen
  6. 6
    (ein Spiel, vor allem ein Kartenspiel) spielen
  7. 7
    für etwas den Gegenwert in Geld zahlen; (Geld oder dergleichen) als Gegenleistung geben
  8. 8
    Fußball spielen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ozcken,zcoken,zoccken,zocekn,zockenn,zockken,zockne,zokcen,zzocken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zocken

Misspelling Variants of "zocken"

ozcken6zcoken6zoccken7zocekn6zockenn7zockken7zockne6zokcen6
Misspelling Variants of "zocken"

Frequency rank: #7,855 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zocken"?
"zocken" is spelled Z-O-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɔkn̩].
What does "zocken" mean?
As a verb, "zocken" means: Glücksspiele machen; um Geld spielen
What words are commonly confused with "zocken"?
"zocken" is commonly confused with "zogen", "Zonen", "zockt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zocken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zocken" is [ˈt͡sɔkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zocken" come from?
"zocken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.