zumindest
[t͡suˈmɪndəst]
The verdict
“zumindest” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #741 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #741
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bestimmte Menge, die auf jeden Fall gegeben ist oder gegeben sein sollte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zumindest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈmɪndəst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zumindest” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zumindest is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈmɪndəst]. Corpus data places it at rank #741 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bestimmte Menge, die auf jeden Fall gegeben ist oder gegeben sein sollte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zumindest, with forms such as "uzmindest", "zmuindest", and "zuimndest". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zumindest, spelled Z-U-M-I-N-D-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1bestimmte Menge, die auf jeden Fall gegeben ist oder gegeben sein sollte
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzmindest,zmuindest,zuimndest,zumidnest,zuminddest,zumindesst,zumindestt,zumindets,zumindset,zuminedst,zuminndest,zummindest,zumnidest,zzumindest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zumindest - 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.
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 “zumindest”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-M-I-N-D-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈmɪndəst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.