zurückblicken
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩]
The verdict
“zurückblicken” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,385
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Kopf nach hinten wenden und hinter sich schauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuruckblicken · zurückblicken · German
zurückblicken · rank #23,385 · 21 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,385
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zunichte
Nearest frequency peer: zunichte (-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 „zurückblicken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zuhört
zuhört
76,619 corpus weight
- zukünftiger
zukünftiger
76,618 corpus weight
- zunichte
zunichte
76,617 corpus weight
- zurückblick…
zurückblicken
76,616 corpus weight
- zurückzugeb…
zurückzugeben
76,615 corpus weight
- Zynismus
Zynismus
76,614 corpus weight
What this shows „zurückblicken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückblicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zurückblicken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around zurückblicken (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,385 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for zurückblicken, with forms such as "uzrückblicken", "zruückblicken", and "zurcükblicken". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückblicken, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-B-L-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Kopf nach hinten wenden und hinter sich schauen
- 2sich an die Vergangenheit, Vergangenes erinnern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurückblicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie drehte sich um und blickte den Pfad zurück.
Kurz wendete er den Kopf und blickte zurück: von dem Mann da hinten wurde er doch verfolgt!
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzrückblicken
- zruückblicken
- zurcükblicken
- zurrückblicken
- zurücbklicken
- zurücckblicken
- zurückbblicken
- zurückbilcken
- zurückblciken
- zurückbliccken
- zurückblicekn
- zurückblickenn
- zurückblickken
- zurückblickne
- zurückblikcen
- zurückbllicken
- zurückkblicken
- zurücklbicken
- zurükcblicken
- zuürckblicken
- zzurückblicken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückblicken - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "zurückblicken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).