zurückführt

[t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t]/ verb

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The verdict

“zurückführt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,926 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,926
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückführen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruckfuhrt · zurückführt · German

zurückführt · rank #69,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,926
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zurückerhalten

Nearest frequency peer: zurückerhalten (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zurückführt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zurückführt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zurückführt
PropertyValue
Headwordzurückführt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückführt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zurückführtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zurückerhalten“ (#69,925), „zurückgehende“ (#69,927), „zugeteilten“ (#69,924). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zurückführt“ bei #69,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückführt is uncommon German at frequency #69,926 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zurückführt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 zurückführt, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-F-Ü-H-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückführen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückführen

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

How do you spell "zurückführt"?
"zurückführt" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-F-Ü-H-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t].
What does "zurückführt" mean?
As a verb, "zurückführt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückführen
How do you pronounce "zurückführt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückführt" is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfyːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zurückführt" come from?
"zurückführt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zurückführt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zugeteilten#69,924zuvorkommen#69,931Zifferblatt#69,920zwiespältig#69,935

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list