zurückzuführen
[t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌfyːʁən]
The verdict
“zurückzuführen” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,493
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zurückführen
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 | zurückzuführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #6,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückzuführen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around zurückzuführen (IPA [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌfyːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,493 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zurückführen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for zurückzuführen, with forms such as "uzrückzuführen", "zruückzuführen", and "zurcükzuführen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "zurückzukehren", "zurückführen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zurückzuführen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-Z-U-F-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1erweiterter Infinitiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zurückführen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzrückzuführen,zruückzuführen,zurcükzuführen,zurrückzuführen,zurücckzuführen,zurückkzuführen,zurückuzführen,zurückzfuühren,zurückzufführen,zurückzufhüren,zurückzufühern,zurückzufühhren,zurückzuführenn,zurückzuführne,zurückzuführren,zurückzufürhen,zurückzuüfhren,zurückzzuführen,zurüczkuführen,zurükczuführen,zuürckzuführen,zzurückzuführen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zurückzuführen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “zurückzuführen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-Z-U-F-Ü-H-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌfyːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zurückzukehren” - see the side-by-side comparison. zurückzuführen vs zurückzukehren
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.