zweitbeste
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌbɛstə]
The verdict
“zweitbeste” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,583
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Bezug auf Fähigkeiten, Eigenschaften, Ergebnis, Eindruck, … besser als der Dritte, aber schlechter als der Erste seiend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zweitbeste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌbɛstə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zweitbeste” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around zweitbeste (IPA [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌbɛstə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,583 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in Bezug auf Fähigkeiten, Eigenschaften, Ergebnis, Eindruck, … besser als der Dritte, aber schlechter als der Erste seiend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for zweitbeste, with forms such as "wzeitbeste", "zewitbeste", and "zweibteste". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zweitbeste, spelled Z-W-E-I-T-B-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1in Bezug auf Fähigkeiten, Eigenschaften, Ergebnis, Eindruck, … besser als der Dritte, aber schlechter als der Erste seiend
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: wzeitbeste,zewitbeste,zweibteste,zweitbbeste,zweitbeset,zweitbesste,zweitbestte,zweitbetse,zweitbsete,zweitebste,zweittbeste,zwetibeste,zwietbeste,zwweitbeste,zzweitbeste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zweitbeste - 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.
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Using “zweitbeste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-E-I-T-B-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tˌbɛstə] (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.