zwieback
[ˈtsviːbak]
The verdict
“zwieback” is uncommon German (frequency #60,293 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,293
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zwieback: aus einem meistens gesüßten Teig in Laibform gebackenes, dann in Scheiben geschnittenes und anschließend trocken, braun und knusprig geröstetes Brot
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwieback · zwieback · German
zwieback · rank #60,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,293
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zweigstellen
Nearest frequency peer: Zweigstellen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zwieback“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zusammengeh…
zusammengehen
39,712 corpus weight
- zustehende
zustehende
39,711 corpus weight
- Zweigstellen
Zweigstellen
39,709 corpus weight
- zwieback
zwieback
39,708 corpus weight
- Zärtlichkei…
Zärtlichkeiten
39,706 corpus weight
- zögernd
zögernd
39,705 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zwieback“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zwieback |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtsviːbak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zwieback“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zwieback is uncommon German at frequency #60,293 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtsviːbak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zwieback: aus einem meistens gesüßten Teig in Laibform gebackenes, dann in Scheiben geschnittenes und anschließend trocken, braun und knusprig geröstetes Brot".
zwieback doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zwieback, spelled Z-W-I-E-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Zwieback: aus einem meistens gesüßten Teig in Laibform gebackenes, dann in Scheiben geschnittenes und anschließend trocken, braun und knusprig geröstetes Brot
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zwieback appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwieback appears on supply lists for troops in the American Civil War.
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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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