zuzog
[ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]
The verdict
“zuzog” is uncommon German (frequency #61,227 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,227
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zuzog |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zuzog” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zuzog is uncommon German at frequency #61,227 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːˌt͡soːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zuzog in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 zuzog, spelled Z-U-Z-O-G.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zuziehen
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 “zuzog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-Z-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.