Zweifel
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩]
The verdict
“Zweifel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,868
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inneres Schwanken; Unsicherheit in Bezug auf Vertrauen, Taten, Entscheidungen, Glauben oder Behauptungen beziehungsweise Vermutung von Tatsachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweifel · Zweifel · German
Zweifel · rank #1,868 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,868
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Ziele
Nearest frequency peer: Ziele (-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 “Zweifel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unabhängig
unabhängig
98,136 corpus weight
- Verhältnis
Verhältnis
98,135 corpus weight
- Ziele
Ziele
98,134 corpus weight
- Zweifel
Zweifel
98,133 corpus weight
- Alkohol
Alkohol
98,132 corpus weight
- Anna
Anna
98,131 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zweifel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Zweifel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Zweifel” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Zweifel (IPA [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,868 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "inneres Schwanken; Unsicherheit in Bezug auf Vertrauen, Taten, Entscheidungen, Glauben oder Behauptungen beziehungsweise Vermutung von Tatsachen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zweifel, with forms such as "wzeifel", "zewifel", and "zwefiel". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "zweite", "Zweige", "zweiten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zweifel, spelled Z-W-E-I-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1inneres Schwanken; Unsicherheit in Bezug auf Vertrauen, Taten, Entscheidungen, Glauben oder Behauptungen beziehungsweise Vermutung von Tatsachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zweifel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das sind unbegründete Zweifel.
Als er das hörte, kamen ihm Zweifel an ihrer Aufrichtigkeit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- wzeifel
- zewifel
- zwefiel
- zweiefl
- zweifell
- zweiffel
- zwiefel
- zwweifel
- zzweifel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zweifel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zweifel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Zweifel" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zweite". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,868 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.