zufällig

/[ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,526

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

zufällig is anGermanadj. It means: unvorhersehbar und ohne Absicht geschehend, durch Zufall Pronounced [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç]. It ranks #2,526 in German word frequency. Often confused with zufällige and zufälligen.

Key facts for zufällig
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Headwordzufällig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,526
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zufällig is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,526 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unvorhersehbar und ohne Absicht geschehend, durch Zufall".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zufällig, with forms such as "uzfällig", "zfuällig", and "zuffällig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "zufällige", "zufälligen", "zufälliger", 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 zufällig, spelled Z-U-F-Ä-L-L-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unvorhersehbar und ohne Absicht geschehend, durch Zufall

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uzfällig,zfuällig,zuffällig,zuflälig,zufälig,zufälilg,zufällgi,zufälligg,zuäfllig,zzufällig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zufällig

Misspelling Variants of "zufällig"

uzfällig8zfuällig8zuffällig9zuflälig8zufälig7zufälilg8zufällgi8zufälligg9
Misspelling Variants of "zufällig"

Frequency rank: #2,526 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zufällig"?
"zufällig" is spelled Z-U-F-Ä-L-L-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç].
What does "zufällig" mean?
As an adj, "zufällig" means: unvorhersehbar und ohne Absicht geschehend, durch Zufall
What words are commonly confused with "zufällig"?
"zufällig" is commonly confused with "zufällige", "zufälligen", "zufälliger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zufällig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zufällig" is [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zufällig" come from?
"zufällig" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.