Zorn

/[t͡sɔʁn]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,553

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Zorn is aGermannoun. It means: starkes und heftiges Gefühl, das negativ gegen etwas oder jemanden gerichtet ist, weil etwas als nicht richtig empfunden wird oder nicht den eigenen Wünschen entspricht Pronounced [t͡sɔʁn]. It ranks #7,553 in German word frequency. Often confused with Zr and zur.

Key facts for Zorn
PropertyValue
HeadwordZorn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡sɔʁn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,553
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zorn is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡sɔʁn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,553 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "starkes und heftiges Gefühl, das negativ gegen etwas oder jemanden gerichtet ist, weil etwas als nicht richtig empfunden wird oder nicht den eigenen Wünschen entspricht".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Zorn, with forms such as "ozrn", "zonr", and "zornn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Zr", "zur", "zorro", 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 Zorn, spelled Z-O-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    starkes und heftiges Gefühl, das negativ gegen etwas oder jemanden gerichtet ist, weil etwas als nicht richtig empfunden wird oder nicht den eigenen Wünschen entspricht

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ozrn,zonr,zornn,zorrn,zron,zzorn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Zorn

Misspelling Variants of "Zorn"

ozrn4zonr4zornn5zorrn5zron4zzorn5
Misspelling Variants of "Zorn"

Frequency rank: #7,553 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zorn"?
"Zorn" is spelled Z-O-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɔʁn].
What does "Zorn" mean?
As a noun, "Zorn" means: starkes und heftiges Gefühl, das negativ gegen etwas oder jemanden gerichtet ist, weil etwas als nicht richtig empfunden wird oder nicht den eigenen Wünschen entspricht
What words are commonly confused with "Zorn"?
"Zorn" is commonly confused with "Zr", "zur", "zorro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zorn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zorn" is [t͡sɔʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zorn" come from?
"Zorn" 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.