Zürich

/[ˈt͡sʏrɪç]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,911

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Zürich is aGermanname. It means: größte Stadt in der Schweiz, gelegen an der Limmat Pronounced [ˈt͡sʏrɪç]. It ranks #1,911 in German word frequency. Often confused with zurück and Züricher.

Key facts for Zürich
PropertyValue
HeadwordZürich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈt͡sʏrɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,911
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Zürich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zürich is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡sʏrɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,911 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zürich, with forms such as "zrüich", "zzürich", and "züirch". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "zurück", "Züricher", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Zürich, spelled Z-Ü-R-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    größte Stadt in der Schweiz, gelegen an der Limmat
  2. 2
    Kanton im Nordosten der Schweiz

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: zrüich,zzürich,züirch,zürcih,züricch,zürichh,zürihc,zürrich,üzrich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Zürich

Misspelling Variants of "Zürich"

zrüich6zzürich7züirch6zürcih6züricch7zürichh7zürihc6zürrich7
Misspelling Variants of "Zürich"

Frequency rank: #1,911 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zürich"?
"Zürich" is spelled Z-Ü-R-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sʏrɪç].
What does "Zürich" mean?
As a name, "Zürich" means: größte Stadt in der Schweiz, gelegen an der Limmat
What words are commonly confused with "Zürich"?
"Zürich" is commonly confused with "zurück", "Züricher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zürich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zürich" is [ˈt͡sʏrɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zürich" come from?
"Zürich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.