zweimal
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯maːl]
The verdict
“zweimal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,135
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anzeige des Wiederholungsfaktors zwei; zweifach vorgekommen, durchgeführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweimal · zweimal · German
zweimal · rank #2,135 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,135
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zugang
Nearest frequency peer: Zugang (-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 “zweimal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verboten
verboten
97,869 corpus weight
- Witz
Witz
97,868 corpus weight
- Zugang
Zugang
97,867 corpus weight
- zweimal
zweimal
97,866 corpus weight
- übrig
übrig
97,865 corpus weight
- begonnen
begonnen
97,864 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zweimal” 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 | zweimal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯maːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “zweimal” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around zweimal (IPA [ˈt͡svaɪ̯maːl]), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #2,135 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anzeige des Wiederholungsfaktors zwei; zweifach vorgekommen, durchgeführt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zweimal, with forms such as "wzeimal", "zewimal", and "zweiaml". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Zweifel", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zweimal, spelled Z-W-E-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Anzeige des Wiederholungsfaktors zwei; zweifach vorgekommen, durchgeführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zweimal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe jetzt schon zweimal vergeblich versucht, ihn zu erreichen.
„Nur zweimal schaffte es die Sportstudentin nicht unter die besten Zehn.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- wzeimal
- zewimal
- zweiaml
- zweimall
- zweimla
- zweimmal
- zwemial
- zwiemal
- zwweimal
- zzweimal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zweimal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "zweimal", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "zweimal". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Zweifel". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,135 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.