zřejmě
[ˈzr̝ɛjmɲɛ]
The verdict
“zřejmě” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — so, dass es gut zu sehen, zu erkennen ist; offenkundig, offensichtlich, klar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zřejmě |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈzr̝ɛjmɲɛ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zřejmě” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zřejmě is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzr̝ɛjmɲɛ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for zřejmě in our index, 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, 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 zřejmě, spelled Z-Ř-E-J-M-Ě, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1so, dass es gut zu sehen, zu erkennen ist; offenkundig, offensichtlich, klar
- 2mit einem gewissen Grad an Sicherheit; offenbar, wahrscheinlich, vermutlich
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zřejmě”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-Ř-E-J-M-Ě - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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