zünden
[ˈt͡sʏndn̩]
The verdict
“zünden” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,788
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in Brand stecken oder einen Verbrennungsprozess in Gang setzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zunden · zünden · German
zünden · rank #17,788 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,788
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zweierlei
Nearest frequency peer: zweierlei (-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 „zünden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zuschüsse
Zuschüsse
82,216 corpus weight
- Zustellung
Zustellung
82,215 corpus weight
- zweierlei
zweierlei
82,214 corpus weight
- zünden
zünden
82,213 corpus weight
- äquivalent
äquivalent
82,212 corpus weight
- abgehoben
abgehoben
82,210 corpus weight
What this shows „zünden“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | zünden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏndn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zünden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around zünden (IPA [ˈt͡sʏndn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,788 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas in Brand stecken oder einen Verbrennungsprozess in Gang setzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for zünden, with forms such as "znüden", "zzünden", and "züdnen". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Zunge", "Zungen", "zündet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 zünden, spelled Z-Ü-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in Brand stecken oder einen Verbrennungsprozess in Gang setzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zünden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Laut einem Bericht der Nachrichtenagentur SDA hatten Linksaktivisten Feuerwerkskörper gezündet.
Er [Fabian] zündete sich eilig eine Zigarette an und rief den Kellner. „Womit kann ich dienen?“ fragte der. […]
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- znüden
- zzünden
- züdnen
- zündden
- zündenn
- zündne
- zünedn
- zünnden
- üznden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zünden - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zünden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).