zusichern
[ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]
The verdict
“zusichern” is uncommon German (frequency #68,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,928
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)
Corpus desk
Index DE-zusichern · zusichern · German
zusichern · rank #68,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zusammensetzu…
Nearest frequency peer: Zusammensetzungen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zusichern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zurückliegen
zurückliegen
31,076 corpus weight
- zurückreich…
zurückreichen
31,075 corpus weight
- Zusammenset…
Zusammensetzungen
31,074 corpus weight
- zusichern
zusichern
31,073 corpus weight
- Zuwiderhand…
Zuwiderhandlung
31,072 corpus weight
- zweigleisig
zweigleisig
31,071 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zusichern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zusichern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zusichern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zusichern is uncommon German at frequency #68,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌzɪçɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zusichern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zusichern, spelled Z-U-S-I-C-H-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1verbindlich versprechen (dem nachzukommen, was [vom Sprecher] beabsichtigt ist, [von jemandem] gefordert wird, …)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zusichern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel hat Italien zugesichert, das Land bei seinen Problemen mit Flüchtlingen unterstützen zu wollen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).