zweiten

/[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#424

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

zweiten is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite Pronounced [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩]. It ranks #424 in German word frequency. Often confused with zweiter and zweites.

Key facts for zweiten
PropertyValue
Headwordzweiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#424
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zweiten is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #424 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for zweiten, with forms such as "wzeiten", "zewiten", and "zweietn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "zweiter", "zweites", "Zwergen", and more, 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 zweiten, spelled Z-W-E-I-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: wzeiten,zewiten,zweietn,zweitenn,zweitne,zweitten,zwetien,zwieten,zwweiten,zzweiten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zweiten

Misspelling Variants of "zweiten"

wzeiten7zewiten7zweietn7zweitenn8zweitne7zweitten8zwetien7zwieten7
Misspelling Variants of "zweiten"

Frequency rank: #424 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zweiten"?
"zweiten" is spelled Z-W-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "zweiten" mean?
As an adj, "zweiten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs zweite
What words are commonly confused with "zweiten"?
"zweiten" is commonly confused with "zweiter", "zweites", "Zwergen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zweiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zweiten" is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zweiten" come from?
"zweiten" 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.