10
The verdict
“10” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl zehn darstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-10 · 10 · German
10 · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "1" 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 | 10 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „10“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
10 is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl zehn darstellen".
10 has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is 10, spelled 1-0.
Definition
- 1Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl zehn darstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 10 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
10 × 10 = 100
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.