zusammenbauen
[t͡suˈzamənˌbaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“zusammenbauen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #42,288 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #42,288
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas aus einzelnen Teilen (nach einer Anleitung/einem Plan) errichten, zu etwas Ganzem verbinden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zusammenbauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌbaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #42,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zusammenbauen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zusammenbauen is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈzamənˌbaʊ̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,288 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas aus einzelnen Teilen (nach einer Anleitung/einem Plan) errichten, zu etwas Ganzem verbinden".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for zusammenbauen, with forms such as "uzsammenbauen", "zsuammenbauen", and "zuasmmenbauen". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 zusammenbauen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas aus einzelnen Teilen (nach einer Anleitung/einem Plan) errichten, zu etwas Ganzem verbinden
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzsammenbauen,zsuammenbauen,zuasmmenbauen,zusamemnbauen,zusamenbauen,zusammebnauen,zusammenabuen,zusammenbaeun,zusammenbauenn,zusammenbaune,zusammenbbauen,zusammenbuaen,zusammennbauen,zusammnebauen,zusmamenbauen,zussammenbauen,zzusammenbauen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zusammenbauen - 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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Using “zusammenbauen”
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-B-A-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈzamənˌbaʊ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.