zwiespältig
[ˈt͡sviːˌʃpɛltɪç]
The verdict
“zwiespältig” is uncommon German (frequency #69,935 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,935
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht eindeutig/einheitlich, hin und her gerissen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwiespaltig · zwiespältig · German
zwiespältig · rank #69,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,935
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zwiegespräch
Nearest frequency peer: Zwiegespräch (-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 „zwiespältig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zuvorkommen
zuvorkommen
30,070 corpus weight
- Zwangslage
Zwangslage
30,069 corpus weight
- Zwiegespräch
Zwiegespräch
30,067 corpus weight
- zwiespältig
zwiespältig
30,066 corpus weight
- Züchtern
Züchtern
30,065 corpus weight
- Ältestenrat
Ältestenrat
30,064 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zwiespältig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zwiespältig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sviːˌʃpɛltɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zwiespältig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zwiespältig is uncommon German at frequency #69,935 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sviːˌʃpɛltɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht eindeutig/einheitlich, hin und her gerissen".
Zero misspellings are on record for zwiespältig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is zwiespältig, spelled Z-W-I-E-S-P-Ä-L-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht eindeutig/einheitlich, hin und her gerissen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zwiespältig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Haltung in dieser Frage war zwiespältig.
Die Botschaft ist zwiespältig: Die britische Regierung will mehr Geld investieren, um das Land fit für die Zeit nach dem Brexit zu machen. Aber die Rahmendaten werden zunächst düsterer.
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).