Zuhörer

[ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ]

/[ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zuhörer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,598
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einem akustischen Ereignis folgt

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuhorer · Zuhörer · German

Zuhörer · rank #10,598 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,598
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zimmern

Nearest frequency peer: zimmern (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Zuhörer“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Zuhörer vs zuhört
57% similar
Zuhörer vs Zuhörern
88% similar
Zuhörer vs zuhören
71% similar

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

Key facts for Zuhörer
PropertyValue
HeadwordZuhörer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,598
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Zuhörer“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „zimmern“ (#10,597), „zurückzukehren“ (#10,599), „yes“ (#10,596). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zuhörer“ bei #10,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Zuhörer (IPA [ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,598 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die einem akustischen Ereignis folgt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zuhörer, with forms such as "uzhörer", "zhuörer", and "zuhhörer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zuhört", "Zuhörern", "zuhören", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zuhörer, spelled Z-U-H-Ö-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die einem akustischen Ereignis folgt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zuhörer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Zuhörer waren von dem Konzert begeistert.
  2. „Literatur ohne Leser oder Zuhörer existiert nicht.“

Antonyms

Zuschauer

This word in other languages

listener(English)oyente(Español)auditeur(Français)ouvinte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uzhörer
  • zhuörer
  • zuhhörer
  • zuhröer
  • zuhöerr
  • zuhörerr
  • zuhörre
  • zuhörrer
  • zuöhrer
  • zzuhörer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zuhörer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

uzhörer2zhuörer2zuhhörer1zuhröer2zuhöerr2zuhörerr1zuhörre2zuhörrer1
Edit distance from "Zuhörer"

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 "Zuhörer"?
"Zuhörer" is spelled Z-U-H-Ö-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ].
What does "Zuhörer" mean?
As a noun, "Zuhörer" means: Person, die einem akustischen Ereignis folgt
What words are commonly confused with "Zuhörer"?
"Zuhörer" is commonly confused with "zuhört", "Zuhörern", "zuhören". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zuhörer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zuhörer" is [ˈt͡suːˌhøːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zuhörer" come from?
"Zuhörer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zimmern#10,597Western#10,594behoben#10,619Stempel#10,571

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Vorrunde10 variantsCelsius10 variantselegant10 variantsSchenk10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list