zurückdrehen
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌdʁeːən]
The verdict
“zurückdrehen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,659
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas wieder in oder in Richtung seiner Ausgangsposition drehen
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 | zurückdrehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌdʁeːən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #43,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückdrehen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around zurückdrehen (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkˌdʁeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,659 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas wieder in oder in Richtung seiner Ausgangsposition drehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for zurückdrehen, with forms such as "uzrückdrehen", "zruückdrehen", and "zurcükdrehen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zurückgehen", "zurückziehen", "zurücktreten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 zurückdrehen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-D-R-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas wieder in oder in Richtung seiner Ausgangsposition drehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzrückdrehen
- zruückdrehen
- zurcükdrehen
- zurrückdrehen
- zurücckdrehen
- zurücdkrehen
- zurückddrehen
- zurückderhen
- zurückdreehn
- zurückdrehenn
- zurückdrehhen
- zurückdrehne
- zurückdrheen
- zurückdrrehen
- zurückkdrehen
- zurückrdehen
- zurükcdrehen
- zuürckdrehen
- zzurückdrehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückdrehen - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Using “zurückdrehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-D-R-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈʁʏkˌdʁeːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zurückgehen” - see the side-by-side comparison. zurückdrehen vs zurückgehen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.