zugutekommen
[t͡suˈɡuːtəˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“zugutekommen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,921 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,921
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Nutzen sein; jemandem etwas zukommen lassen, was diesem hilft
Corpus desk
Index DE-zugutekommen · zugutekommen · German
zugutekommen · rank #65,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,921
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zugewandten
Nearest frequency peer: zugewandten (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zugutekommen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zufalls
Zufalls
34,083 corpus weight
- zugesteht
zugesteht
34,082 corpus weight
- zugewandten
zugewandten
34,081 corpus weight
- zugutekommen
zugutekommen
34,080 corpus weight
- Zukunftsplä…
Zukunftspläne
34,079 corpus weight
- Zukunftsvis…
Zukunftsvision
34,078 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zugutekommen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zugutekommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈɡuːtəˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #65,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zugutekommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zugutekommen is uncommon German at frequency #65,921 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈɡuːtəˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Nutzen sein; jemandem etwas zukommen lassen, was diesem hilft".
Zero misspellings are on record for zugutekommen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zugutekommen, spelled Z-U-G-U-T-E-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1von Nutzen sein; jemandem etwas zukommen lassen, was diesem hilft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zugutekommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorteile und Einsparungen kommen vor allen Dingen der Stammwählerschaft zugute.
„Deutlich mehr als einige Dollar müssen Eltern bezahlen, wenn sie ihren körperlich, geistig oder sozial emotional behinderten Kindern eine sogenannte Delphintherapie zugutekommen lassen wollen.“
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).