zweitens

/[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,954

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

zweitens is anGermanadv. It means: an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend Pronounced [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]. It ranks #4,954 in German word frequency. Often confused with zweiter and zweites.

Key facts for zweitens
PropertyValue
Headwordzweitens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,954
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zweitens is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,954 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for zweitens, with forms such as "wzeitens", "zewitens", and "zweietns". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "zweiter", "zweites", "zweite", 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 zweitens, spelled Z-W-E-I-T-E-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: wzeitens,zewitens,zweietns,zweitenns,zweitenss,zweitesn,zweitnes,zweittens,zwetiens,zwietens,zwweitens,zzweitens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zweitens

Misspelling Variants of "zweitens"

wzeitens8zewitens8zweietns8zweitenns9zweitenss9zweitesn8zweitnes8zweittens9
Misspelling Variants of "zweitens"

Frequency rank: #4,954 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zweitens"?
"zweitens" is spelled Z-W-E-I-T-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s].
What does "zweitens" mean?
As an adv, "zweitens" means: an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend
What words are commonly confused with "zweitens"?
"zweitens" is commonly confused with "zweiter", "zweites", "zweite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zweitens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zweitens" is [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zweitens" come from?
"zweitens" 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.