Zusätze
[ˈt͡suːˌzɛt͡sə]
The verdict
“Zusätze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,903
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zusatz
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 | Zusätze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌzɛt͡sə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zusätze” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Zusätze (IPA [ˈt͡suːˌzɛt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,903 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zusätze, with forms such as "uzsätze", "zsuätze", and "zussätze". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Zusatz", "Zusage", "zunutze", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zusätze, spelled Z-U-S-Ä-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zusatz
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Zusatz
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Zusatz
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uzsätze,zsuätze,zussätze,zustäze,zusätez,zusättze,zusätzze,zusäzte,zuästze,zzusätze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zusätze - 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 “Zusätze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-S-Ä-T-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡suːˌzɛt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Zusatz” - see the side-by-side comparison. Zusätze vs Zusatz
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.