zufällige

Name: zufällige, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə]

/[ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“zufällige” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,093. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,093
frequency rank, German: 1,996
“Z” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig

Corpus desk

Index DE-zufallige · zufällige · German

zufällige · rank #19,093 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,093
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,996
PHOTO-FINISH ziemlicher

Nearest frequency peer: ziemlicher (-1 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.

Zeitreise

80,910
ziemlicher

80,909
zufällige

80,908
zugeschnitt…

80,907
Zuständen

80,906
zutrauen

80,905

What this shows „zufällige“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

zufällige vs zufälligen

90% similar

zufällige vs zufälliger

90% similar

zufällige vs Zufälle

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for zufällige
Property	Value
Headword	zufällige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#19,093
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zufällige“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zufälligeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#19,093

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ziemlicher“ (#19,092), „zugeschnitten“ (#19,094), „Zeitreise“ (#19,091). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zufällige“ bei #19,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around zufällige (IPA [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,093 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for zufällige, with forms such as "uzfällige", "zfuällige", and "zuffällige". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "zufälligen", "zufälliger", "Zufälle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zufällige, spelled Z-U-F-Ä-L-L-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

uzfällige
zfuällige
zuffällige
zuflälige
zufälige
zufälilge
zufällgie
zufällieg
zufälligge
zuäfllige
zzufällige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zufällige - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "zufällige"

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 "zufällige"?

"zufällige" is spelled Z-U-F-Ä-L-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə].

What does "zufällige" mean?

As an adjective, "zufällige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zufällig

What words are commonly confused with "zufällige"?

"zufällige" is commonly confused with "zufälligen", "zufälliger", "Zufälle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "zufällige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zufällige" is [ˈt͡suːfɛlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "zufällige" come from?

"zufällige" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zeitreise#19,091 Zuständen#19,095 Zuwendung#19,097 überfüllt#19,104

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

zutrauen11 variants working11 variants Wandels11 variants aufführen11 variants