zwanzig

/[ˈt͡svant͡sɪç]/ num

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,136

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

zwanzig is aGermannum. It means: die Kardinalzahl zwischen neunzehn und einundzwanzig; siehe auch zehn und dreißig Pronounced [ˈt͡svant͡sɪç]. It ranks #5,136 in German word frequency. Often confused with Zwanziger and Zwang.

Key facts for zwanzig
PropertyValue
Headwordzwanzig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNum
IPA[ˈt͡svant͡sɪç]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,136
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zwanzig in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zwanzig is 7 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡svant͡sɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,136 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for zwanzig, with forms such as "wzanzig", "zawnzig", and "zwanizg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Zwanziger", "Zwang", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is zwanzig, spelled Z-W-A-N-Z-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Kardinalzahl zwischen neunzehn und einundzwanzig; siehe auch zehn und dreißig
  2. 2
    zwanzig Jahre (alt)

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: wzanzig,zawnzig,zwanizg,zwannzig,zwanzgi,zwanzigg,zwanzzig,zwaznig,zwnazig,zwwanzig,zzwanzig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zwanzig

Misspelling Variants of "zwanzig"

wzanzig7zawnzig7zwanizg7zwannzig8zwanzgi7zwanzigg8zwanzzig8zwaznig7
Misspelling Variants of "zwanzig"

Frequency rank: #5,136 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zwanzig"?
"zwanzig" is spelled Z-W-A-N-Z-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svant͡sɪç].
What does "zwanzig" mean?
As a num, "zwanzig" means: die Kardinalzahl zwischen neunzehn und einundzwanzig; siehe auch zehn und dreißig
What words are commonly confused with "zwanzig"?
"zwanzig" is commonly confused with "Zwanziger", "Zwang". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zwanzig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zwanzig" is [ˈt͡svant͡sɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zwanzig" come from?
"zwanzig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.