zusammenarbeiten
[t͡suˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“zusammenarbeiten” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,128 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,128
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gemeinschaftlich an der gleichen Sache tätig sein
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 | zusammenarbeiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #9,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zusammenarbeiten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zusammenarbeiten is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,128 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gemeinschaftlich an der gleichen Sache tätig sein".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for zusammenarbeiten, with forms such as "uzsammenarbeiten", "zsuammenarbeiten", and "zuasmmenarbeiten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zusammenarbeitet", "zusammenzuarbeiten", "Zusammenarbeit", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zusammenarbeiten, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1gemeinschaftlich an der gleichen Sache tätig sein
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzsammenarbeiten,zsuammenarbeiten,zuasmmenarbeiten,zusamemnarbeiten,zusamenarbeiten,zusammeanrbeiten,zusammenabreiten,zusammenarbbeiten,zusammenarbeietn,zusammenarbeitenn,zusammenarbeitne,zusammenarbeitten,zusammenarbetien,zusammenarbieten,zusammenarebiten,zusammenarrbeiten,zusammennarbeiten,zusammenrabeiten,zusammnearbeiten,zusmamenarbeiten,zussammenarbeiten,zzusammenarbeiten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zusammenarbeiten - 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 “zusammenarbeiten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈzamənˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zusammenarbeitet” - see the side-by-side comparison. zusammenarbeiten vs zusammenarbeitet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.