Zuhälterei
[ˌt͡suːhɛltəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Zuhälterei” is uncommon German (frequency #96,571 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,571
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handlung, in der Prostituierte durch eine Person ausgebeutet werden, die für die Prostituierten Vermittlung und Schutz übernimmt sowie einen Teil der Einkünfte für sich behält
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zuhälterei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌt͡suːhɛltəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zuhälterei” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zuhälterei is uncommon German at frequency #96,571 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌt͡suːhɛltəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, in der Prostituierte durch eine Person ausgebeutet werden, die für die Prostituierten Vermittlung und Schutz übernimmt sowie einen Teil der Einkünfte für sich behält".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zuhälterei in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zuhälterei, spelled Z-U-H-Ä-L-T-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1Handlung, in der Prostituierte durch eine Person ausgebeutet werden, die für die Prostituierten Vermittlung und Schutz übernimmt sowie einen Teil der Einkünfte für sich behält
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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Using “Zuhälterei”
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- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-H-Ä-L-T-E-R-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.