zweiundzwanzig
[ˌt͡svaɪ̯ʊntˈt͡svant͡sɪç]
The verdict
“zweiundzwanzig” is uncommon German (frequency #77,598 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,598
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Kardinalzahl zwischen einundzwanzig und dreiundzwanzig
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweiundzwanzig · zweiundzwanzig · German
zweiundzwanzig · rank #77,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,598
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 37,643
- PHOTO-FINISH zweigeschossi…
Nearest frequency peer: zweigeschossige (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zweiundzwanzig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zutraulich
zutraulich
22,406 corpus weight
- zuweist
zuweist
22,405 corpus weight
- zweigeschos…
zweigeschossige
22,404 corpus weight
- zweiundzwan…
zweiundzwanzig
22,403 corpus weight
- zünftigen
zünftigen
22,401 corpus weight
- ägyptisch
ägyptisch
22,399 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zweiundzwanzig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zweiundzwanzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˌt͡svaɪ̯ʊntˈt͡svant͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #77,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zweiundzwanzig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zweiundzwanzig is uncommon German at frequency #77,598 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˌt͡svaɪ̯ʊntˈt͡svant͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zweiundzwanzig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zweiundzwanzig, spelled Z-W-E-I-U-N-D-Z-W-A-N-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1die Kardinalzahl zwischen einundzwanzig und dreiundzwanzig
- 2zweiundzwanzig Jahre (alt)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "zweiundzwanzig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.