Zugspitze
[ˈt͡suːkˌʃpɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Zugspitze” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,600
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vorderes Ende einer Eisenbahnfahreinheit
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zugspitze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːkˌʃpɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zugspitze” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Zugspitze (IPA [ˈt͡suːkˌʃpɪt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,600 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vorderes Ende einer Eisenbahnfahreinheit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zugspitze, with forms such as "uzgspitze", "zguspitze", and "zuggspitze". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zugespitzt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zugspitze, spelled Z-U-G-S-P-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1vorderes Ende einer Eisenbahnfahreinheit
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzgspitze,zguspitze,zuggspitze,zugpsitze,zugsiptze,zugspitez,zugspittze,zugspitzze,zugspizte,zugsppitze,zugsptize,zugsspitze,zusgpitze,zzugspitze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zugspitze - 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.
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.
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Using “Zugspitze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-G-S-P-I-T-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡suːkˌʃpɪt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zugespitzt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Zugspitze vs zugespitzt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.