Zwiesel
[ˈt͡sviːzl̩]
The verdict
“Zwiesel” is uncommon German (frequency #63,057 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,057
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Teil (Kammer) des Sattels, der den Pferderücken umspannt und verhindern soll, dass die Rückenmuskeln des Pferds vom Sattel belastet werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwiesel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sviːzl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zwiesel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zwiesel is uncommon German at frequency #63,057 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sviːzl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zwiesel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zwiesel, spelled Z-W-I-E-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Teil (Kammer) des Sattels, der den Pferderücken umspannt und verhindern soll, dass die Rückenmuskeln des Pferds vom Sattel belastet werden
- 2Baum mit sich aufspaltendem Stamm
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 “Zwiesel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-I-E-S-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.