Zug
"zug" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Zug” is uncommon English (frequency #72,912 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,912
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A canton of Switzerland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zug · Zug · English
Zug · rank #72,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,912
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,810
- PHOTO-FINISH zay
Nearest frequency peer: zay (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zug”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Worrall
Worrall
27,097 corpus weight
- yellowfin
yellowfin
27,094 corpus weight
- Yoshino
Yoshino
27,093 corpus weight
- Zarif
Zarif
27,092 corpus weight
- zay
zay
27,090 corpus weight
- Zug
Zug
27,089 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zug” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zug |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zug” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zug is uncommon English at frequency #72,912 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zug in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Zug. The correct English form is Zug, spelled Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1A canton of Switzerland.
- 2The capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland.
Etymology
From German Zug.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zug", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.