Zwickel
[ˈt͡svɪkl̩]
The verdict
“Zwickel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,586 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,586
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dreieckige , ebene oder sphärische Fläche, insbesondere mit zwei geraden und einer konkav gebogen Seite; ein Körper mit einem dreiecksförmigen Querschnitt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwickel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zwickel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zwickel is uncommon German at frequency #83,586 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zwickel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Zwickel, spelled Z-W-I-C-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1dreieckige , ebene oder sphärische Fläche, insbesondere mit zwei geraden und einer konkav gebogen Seite; ein Körper mit einem dreiecksförmigen Querschnitt
- 2keilförmiger Einsatz an Kleidungsstücken
- 3sonderbarer oder seltsamer Mensch
- 4spezieller Zapfhahn zur Verprobung des Jungbieres
- 5eine Zwei-DM- oder Zwei-Euro-Münze
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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Using “Zwickel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-I-C-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡svɪkl̩] (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.