zurückkam
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌkaːm]
The verdict
“zurückkam” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,886
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückkam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkaːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückkam” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around zurückkam (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkaːm]), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,886 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for zurückkam, with forms such as "uzrückkam", "zruückkam", and "zurcükkam". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückkam, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-K-A-M.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkommen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkommen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzrückkam
- zruückkam
- zurcükkam
- zurrückkam
- zurücckkam
- zurückakm
- zurückam
- zurückkamm
- zurückkma
- zurükckam
- zuürckkam
- zzurückkam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückkam - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “zurückkam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-K-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkaːm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.