zugzwang
[ˈsuɣ̞swãŋ]
The verdict
“zugzwang” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Posición en donde el jugador que está obligado a mover, debido a ello, deberá empeorar su posición, de modo tal que sería mejor que pasara su turno lo cual está prohibido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zugzwang · zugzwang · Spanish
zugzwang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zugzwang |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsuɣ̞swãŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zugzwang” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zugzwang is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsuɣ̞swãŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Posición en donde el jugador que está obligado a mover, debido a ello, deberá empeorar su posición, de modo tal que sería mejor que pasara su turno lo cual está prohibido.".
zugzwang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is zugzwang, spelled Z-U-G-Z-W-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Posición en donde el jugador que está obligado a mover, debido a ello, deberá empeorar su posición, de modo tal que sería mejor que pasara su turno lo cual está prohibido.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.