zurückhaltend
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌhaltn̩t]
The verdict
“zurückhaltend” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,747
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich nicht in den Vordergrund drängend
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuruckhaltend · zurückhaltend · German
zurückhaltend · rank #13,747 · 21 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,747
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zurückgewiesen
Nearest frequency peer: zurückgewiesen (-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 „zurückhaltend“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zeugin
Zeugin
86,257 corpus weight
- zugesagt
zugesagt
86,256 corpus weight
- zurückgewie…
zurückgewiesen
86,255 corpus weight
- zurückhalte…
zurückhaltend
86,254 corpus weight
- zuversichtl…
zuversichtlich
86,253 corpus weight
- Ärmel
Ärmel
86,252 corpus weight
What this shows „zurückhaltend“ 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 | zurückhaltend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌhaltn̩t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #13,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zurückhaltend“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around zurückhaltend (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkˌhaltn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,747 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 zurückhaltend, with forms such as "uzrückhaltend", "zruückhaltend", and "zurcükhaltend". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Zurückhaltung", "zurückhaltende", "zurückhaltender", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zurückhaltend, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-H-A-L-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1sich nicht in den Vordergrund drängend
- 2nicht sofort zustimmend/ablehnend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurückhaltend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein zurückhaltendes Wesen macht ihn zu einem angenehmen Partner.
„Ihre zurückhaltende Art hat sie kürzlich in einem Fernsehinterview verteidigt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzrückhaltend
- zruückhaltend
- zurcükhaltend
- zurrückhaltend
- zurücckhaltend
- zurüchkaltend
- zurückahltend
- zurückhaletnd
- zurückhalltend
- zurückhaltedn
- zurückhaltendd
- zurückhaltennd
- zurückhaltned
- zurückhalttend
- zurückhatlend
- zurückhhaltend
- zurückhlatend
- zurückkhaltend
- zurükchaltend
- zuürckhaltend
- zzurückhaltend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückhaltend - 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 "zurückhaltend", 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).