zwing
[t͡svɪŋ]
The verdict
“zwing” is uncommon German (frequency #63,058 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,058
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zwingen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zwing |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡svɪŋ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zwing” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zwing is uncommon German at frequency #63,058 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡svɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zwingen".
zwing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zwing, spelled Z-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zwingen
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 “zwing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-I-N-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.