zurückkehre
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁə]
The verdict
“zurückkehre” is uncommon German (frequency #77,590 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,590
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuruckkehre · zurückkehre · German
zurückkehre · rank #77,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,590
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 37,643
- PHOTO-FINISH Zuhörerschaft
Nearest frequency peer: Zuhörerschaft (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zurückkehre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zugbrücke
Zugbrücke
22,414 corpus weight
- zugeschrieb…
zugeschriebene
22,413 corpus weight
- Zuhörerscha…
Zuhörerschaft
22,412 corpus weight
- zurückkehre
zurückkehre
22,411 corpus weight
- Zusammengeh…
Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl
22,410 corpus weight
- zusammengez…
zusammengezählt
22,408 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zurückkehre” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückkehre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückkehre” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zurückkehre is uncommon German at frequency #77,590 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
zurückkehre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zurückkehre, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-K-E-H-R-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkehren
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkehren
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückkehren
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zurückkehre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.