zupfen
[ˈt͡sʊp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“zupfen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,422
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne große Kraft an etwas in kleinen Rucken ziehen, meist mit den Fingern
Corpus desk
Index DE-zupfen · zupfen · German
zupfen · rank #49,422 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,422
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zulassungen
Nearest frequency peer: Zulassungen (-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 „zupfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zugeordneten
zugeordneten
50,582 corpus weight
- Zugzwang
Zugzwang
50,581 corpus weight
- Zulassungen
Zulassungen
50,580 corpus weight
- zupfen
zupfen
50,579 corpus weight
- zusammenbra…
zusammenbrach
50,578 corpus weight
- zusammenget…
zusammengetan
50,577 corpus weight
What this shows „zupfen“ 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 | zupfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʊp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zupfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around zupfen (IPA [ˈt͡sʊp͡fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,422 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for zupfen, with forms such as "uzpfen", "zpufen", and "zufpen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Zügen", "Zöpfe", "zünden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zupfen, spelled Z-U-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1ohne große Kraft an etwas in kleinen Rucken ziehen, meist mit den Fingern
- 2ein Saiteninstrument mittels der Finger oder eines Plektrums mit einem kleinen Ruck in Schwingung versetzen und so zum Klingen bringen
- 3etwas ruckartig ausreißen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zupfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorsichtig zupfte er am Ärmel der Jacke, um die Aufmerksamkeit seiner Freundin zu erregen.
Vor Nervosität hat der Redner während des ganzen Vortrags an seinem Kinnbart gezupft.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzpfen
- zpufen
- zufpen
- zupefn
- zupfenn
- zupffen
- zupfne
- zuppfen
- zzupfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zupfen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "zupfen", 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).