zweitens
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]
The verdict
“zweitens” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,954
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweitens · zweitens · German
zweitens · rank #4,954 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,954
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zuständigen
Nearest frequency peer: zuständigen (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „zweitens“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- woanders
woanders
95,050 corpus weight
- Zugriff
Zugriff
95,049 corpus weight
- zuständigen
zuständigen
95,048 corpus weight
- zweitens
zweitens
95,047 corpus weight
- Albrecht
Albrecht
95,046 corpus weight
- Aspekt
Aspekt
95,045 corpus weight
What this shows „zweitens“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zweitens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „zweitens“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around zweitens (IPA [ˈt͡svaɪ̯tn̩s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #4,954 among 1,996 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for zweitens, with forms such as "wzeitens", "zewitens", and "zweietns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zweitens, spelled Z-W-E-I-T-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1an zweiter Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) stehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zweitens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zweitens weise ich Sie darauf hin, dass das Rauchen ausschließlich an diesem Ort gestattet ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- wzeitens
- zewitens
- zweietns
- zweitenns
- zweitenss
- zweitesn
- zweitnes
- zweittens
- zwetiens
- zwietens
- zwweitens
- zzweitens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zweitens - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zweitens", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).