zwiespältig
[ˈt͡sviːˌʃpɛltɪç]
The verdict
“zwiespältig” is uncommon German (frequency #69,935 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,935
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht eindeutig/einheitlich, hin und her gerissen
| 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) |
Where “zwiespältig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zwiespältig is uncommon German at frequency #69,935 among 37,643 “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
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 “zwiespältig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-I-E-S-P-Ä-L-T-I-G - 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.