zweispurig
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç]
The verdict
“zweispurig” is uncommon German (frequency #91,201 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,201
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit zwei Fahrspuren/Gleisen versehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zweispurig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zweispurig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zweispurig is uncommon German at frequency #91,201 among 37,643 “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
- 1mit zwei Fahrspuren/Gleisen versehen
- 2auf nebeneinander angeordneten Rädern rollend, zwei Spuren nebeneinander hinterlassend
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.
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Using “zweispurig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-E-I-S-P-U-R-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpuːʁɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.