Zuschlag
[ˈt͡suːˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Zuschlag” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,472
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (erhöhtes) Entgelt, das man für Sonderleistungen oder in bestimmten Situationen bezahlen muss oder bekommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuschlag · Zuschlag · German
Zuschlag · rank #14,472 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,472
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zusammengeset…
Nearest frequency peer: zusammengesetzt (-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 „Zuschlag“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zarte
zarte
85,532 corpus weight
- zuordnen
zuordnen
85,531 corpus weight
- zusammenges…
zusammengesetzt
85,530 corpus weight
- Zuschlag
Zuschlag
85,529 corpus weight
- Zuverlässig…
Zuverlässigkeit
85,528 corpus weight
- ökonomisch
ökonomisch
85,527 corpus weight
What this shows „Zuschlag“ 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 | Zuschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Zuschlag“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Zuschlag (IPA [ˈt͡suːˌʃlaːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,472 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zuschlag, with forms such as "uzschlag", "zsuchlag", and "zucshlag". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Zuschläge", "zuschlägt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zuschlag, spelled Z-U-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1(erhöhtes) Entgelt, das man für Sonderleistungen oder in bestimmten Situationen bezahlen muss oder bekommt
- 2Auftragserteilung, Geschäftsabschluss, Versteigerungsentscheidung (traditionell bzw. meist durch einen Schlag besiegelt)
- 3Zusätze bei Mischungen wie Legierungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zuschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Zuschlag durch erhöhte Transportkosten wird laufend angepasst.
Der Zuschlag für die Schnellzugverbindung kann auch beim Schaffner gelöst werden.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uzschlag
- zsuchlag
- zucshlag
- zuscchlag
- zuschalg
- zuschhlag
- zuschlagg
- zuschlga
- zuschllag
- zusclhag
- zushclag
- zusschlag
- zzuschlag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zuschlag - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zuschlag", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).