zusagen
[ˈt͡suːˌzaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zusagen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,217
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem sagen oder versprechen, dass man tun wird oder dass geschehen wird, was er will
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusagen · zusagen · German
zusagen · rank #14,217 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,217
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zugabe
Nearest frequency peer: Zugabe (-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 „zusagen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zombies
Zombies
85,786 corpus weight
- Zugabe
Zugabe
85,785 corpus weight
- zusagen
zusagen
85,784 corpus weight
- Zwischenfall
Zwischenfall
85,783 corpus weight
- zählten
zählten
85,782 corpus weight
- ökologisch
ökologisch
85,781 corpus weight
What this shows „zusagen“ 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 | zusagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌzaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zusagen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around zusagen (IPA [ˈt͡suːˌzaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,217 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zusagen, with forms such as "uzsagen", "zsuagen", and "zuasgen". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "zutage", "zusagt", "zusehen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zusagen, spelled Z-U-S-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem sagen oder versprechen, dass man tun wird oder dass geschehen wird, was er will
- 2jemandes Wohlgefallen finden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zusagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach den Schüssen von Sarajewo sagte Deutschland seinem Bündnispartner die bedingungslose Unterstützung zu.
„Ich habe zugesagt und werde erwartet.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzsagen
- zsuagen
- zuasgen
- zusaegn
- zusagenn
- zusaggen
- zusagne
- zusgaen
- zussagen
- zzusagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zusagen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zusagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).