zunutze
[t͡suˈnʊt͡sə]
The verdict
“zunutze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,402
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Nutzen, so dass es einen Vorteil ergibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zunutze · zunutze · German
zunutze · rank #30,402 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,402
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zugführer
Nearest frequency peer: Zugführer (-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 „zunutze“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zeil
Zeil
69,602 corpus weight
- zip
zip
69,601 corpus weight
- Zugführer
Zugführer
69,600 corpus weight
- zunutze
zunutze
69,599 corpus weight
- zurückbleib…
zurückbleiben
69,598 corpus weight
- zurückkommt
zurückkommt
69,597 corpus weight
What this shows „zunutze“ 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 | zunutze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈnʊt͡sə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zunutze“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around zunutze (IPA [t͡suˈnʊt͡sə]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #30,402 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zum Nutzen, so dass es einen Vorteil ergibt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zunutze, with forms such as "uznutze", "znuutze", and "zunnutze". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Zusätze", "zugute", "zumute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 zunutze, spelled Z-U-N-U-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1zum Nutzen, so dass es einen Vorteil ergibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zunutze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Exkursion machten sich die anderen Teilnehmer seine Erfahrungen zunutze.
„Wenn die Kenntnisse nicht in direktem Sinne dem Patienten helfen, dann müßten sie ihm doch indirekt zunutze sein. “
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uznutze
- znuutze
- zunnutze
- zuntuze
- zunutez
- zunuttze
- zunutzze
- zunuzte
- zuuntze
- zzunutze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zunutze - 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 "zunutze", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).