zuweist
[ˈt͡suːˌvaɪ̯st]
The verdict
“zuweist” is uncommon German (frequency #77,596 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,596
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuweisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuweist · zuweist · German
zuweist · rank #77,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,596
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 37,643
- PHOTO-FINISH zutraulich
Nearest frequency peer: zutraulich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zuweist”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zusammengez…
zusammengezählt
22,408 corpus weight
- zutraulich
zutraulich
22,406 corpus weight
- zuweist
zuweist
22,405 corpus weight
- zweigeschos…
zweigeschossige
22,404 corpus weight
- zweiundzwan…
zweiundzwanzig
22,403 corpus weight
- zünftigen
zünftigen
22,401 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zuweist” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zuweist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌvaɪ̯st] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zuweist” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zuweist is uncommon German at frequency #77,596 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌvaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zuweist in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 zuweist, spelled Z-U-W-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuweisen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuweisen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuweisen
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 "zuweist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.