zurückkehren
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁən]
The verdict
“zurückkehren” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,791
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wieder an den Ausgangspunkt gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuruckkehren · zurückkehren · German
zurückkehren · rank #5,791 · 17 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,791
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zeichnungen
Nearest frequency peer: Zeichnungen (-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 “zurückkehren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wiedersehen
Wiedersehen
94,213 corpus weight
- Wille
Wille
94,212 corpus weight
- Zeichnungen
Zeichnungen
94,211 corpus weight
- zurückkehren
zurückkehren
94,210 corpus weight
- abholen
abholen
94,209 corpus weight
- Alarm
Alarm
94,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zurückkehren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | zurückkehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #5,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückkehren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around zurückkehren (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkˌkeːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,791 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wieder an den Ausgangspunkt gehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for zurückkehren, with forms such as "uzrückkehren", "zruückkehren", and "zurcükkehren". 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 also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "zurückkehrt", "zurückkehrte", "zurücknehmen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zurückkehren, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-K-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1wieder an den Ausgangspunkt gehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurückkehren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach einer langen Reise kehrte er endlich zurück.
„Hoch verschuldet und gedemütigt, kehrt er aufs elterliche Gut zurück.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzrückkehren
- zruückkehren
- zurcükkehren
- zurrückkehren
- zurücckkehren
- zurückehren
- zurückekhren
- zurückkehern
- zurückkehhren
- zurückkehrenn
- zurückkehrne
- zurückkehrren
- zurückkerhen
- zurückkheren
- zurükckehren
- zuürckkehren
- zzurückkehren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückkehren - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "zurückkehren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "zurückkehren". Here's where to go from here.
- "zurückkehren" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zurückkehrt". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,791 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.