Zwiesel
[ˈt͡sviːzl̩]
The verdict
“Zwiesel” is uncommon German (frequency #63,057 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,057
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Teil (Kammer) des Sattels, der den Pferderücken umspannt und verhindern soll, dass die Rückenmuskeln des Pferds vom Sattel belastet werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwiesel · Zwiesel · German
Zwiesel · rank #63,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,057
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zweiwöchigen
Nearest frequency peer: zweiwöchigen (-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 „Zwiesel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zweiteiler
Zweiteiler
36,946 corpus weight
- zweiwöchigen
zweiwöchigen
36,945 corpus weight
- Zwiesel
Zwiesel
36,944 corpus weight
- zwing
zwing
36,943 corpus weight
- zähneknirsc…
zähneknirschend
36,942 corpus weight
- Zülpich
Zülpich
36,941 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwiesel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwiesel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwiesel is uncommon German at frequency #63,057 among 1,996 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwiesel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vorder- und Hinterzwiesel verbinden die Trachten eines Reitsattels und sorgen dafür, dass kein Druck auf die Wirbelsäule des Pferdes entsteht.“
„Bei Jungbäumen sind Konkurrenztriebe, insbesondere Zwiesel bis 4–5 cm Durchmesser zu entfernen, über 4–5 cm sind diese einzukürzen.“
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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