zunehmend
[ˈt͡suːneːmənt]
The verdict
“zunehmend” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,939 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #2,939
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mehr in Zahl, Menge oder Häufigkeit werdend, sich vergrößernd, ansteigend
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 | zunehmend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːneːmənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zunehmend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zunehmend is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡suːneːmənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,939 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mehr in Zahl, Menge oder Häufigkeit werdend, sich vergrößernd, ansteigend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zunehmend, with forms such as "uznehmend", "znuehmend", and "zuenhmend". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "zunehmende", "zunehmenden", "zunehmender", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zunehmend, spelled Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1mehr in Zahl, Menge oder Häufigkeit werdend, sich vergrößernd, ansteigend
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uznehmend,znuehmend,zuenhmend,zunehemnd,zunehhmend,zunehmedn,zunehmendd,zunehmennd,zunehmmend,zunehmned,zunemhend,zunhemend,zunnehmend,zzunehmend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zunehmend - 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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Using “zunehmend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡suːneːmənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zunehmende” - see the side-by-side comparison. zunehmend vs zunehmende
- 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.