zweispurig

[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]

/[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“zweispurig” is uncommon German (frequency #91,201 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,201
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit zwei Fahrspuren/Gleisen versehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zweispurig · zweispurig · German

zweispurig · rank #91,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,201
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zuzahlungen

Nearest frequency peer: Zuzahlungen (-2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zweispurig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zweispurig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zweispurig
PropertyValue
Headwordzweispurig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zweispurig“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zweispurigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zuzahlungen“ (#91,199), „zweitklassigen“ (#91,203), „zusteuern“ (#91,198). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zweispurig“ bei #91,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zweispurig is uncommon German at frequency #91,201 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for zweispurig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zweispurig, spelled Z-W-E-I-S-P-U-R-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit zwei Fahrspuren/Gleisen versehen
  2. 2
    auf nebeneinander angeordneten Rädern rollend, zwei Spuren nebeneinander hinterlassend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zweispurig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die meisten Hauptstrecken der Eisenbahn sind zweispurig.
  2. Unbefestigte zweispurige Wege in der Landschaft werden meist landwirtschaftlich genutzt.

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

How do you spell "zweispurig"?
"zweispurig" is spelled Z-W-E-I-S-P-U-R-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç].
What does "zweispurig" mean?
As an adjective, "zweispurig" means: mit zwei Fahrspuren/Gleisen versehen
How do you pronounce "zweispurig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zweispurig" is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zweispurig" come from?
"zweispurig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zweispurig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

überreiche#91,216übersprang#91,219abgeblockt#91,234Wolfsrudel#91,164

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list