zweifelhafte

/[ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,402

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

zweifelhafte is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft Pronounced [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə]. Often confused with zweifelhaften and zweifelhaft.

Key facts for zweifelhafte
PropertyValue
Headwordzweifelhafte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,402
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zweifelhafte is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,402 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for zweifelhafte, with forms such as "wzeifelhafte", "zewifelhafte", and "zwefielhafte". 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, "zweifelhaften", "zweifelhaft", 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 zweifelhafte, spelled Z-W-E-I-F-E-L-H-A-F-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: wzeifelhafte,zewifelhafte,zwefielhafte,zweieflhafte,zweifehlafte,zweifelahfte,zweifelhafet,zweifelhaffte,zweifelhaftte,zweifelhatfe,zweifelhfate,zweifelhhafte,zweifellhafte,zweiffelhafte,zweiflehafte,zwiefelhafte,zwweifelhafte,zzweifelhafte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zweifelhafte

Misspelling Variants of "zweifelhafte"

wzeifelhafte12zewifelhafte12zwefielhafte12zweieflhafte12zweifehlafte12zweifelahfte12zweifelhafet12zweifelhaffte13
Misspelling Variants of "zweifelhafte"

Frequency rank: #31,402 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zweifelhafte"?
"zweifelhafte" is spelled Z-W-E-I-F-E-L-H-A-F-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə].
What does "zweifelhafte" mean?
As an adj, "zweifelhafte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zweifelhaft
What words are commonly confused with "zweifelhafte"?
"zweifelhafte" is commonly confused with "zweifelhaften", "zweifelhaft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zweifelhafte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zweifelhafte" is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩haftə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zweifelhafte" come from?
"zweifelhafte" 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.