Attrappe

[aˈtʁapə]

/[aˈtʁapə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Attrappe” is uncommon German (frequency #56,770 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,770
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine täuschend echte Nachbildung, ohne vollständige Funktion des Originals

Corpus desk

Index DE-attrappe · Attrappe · German

Attrappe · rank #56,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,770
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH attraktivsten

Nearest frequency peer: attraktivsten (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Attrappe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Attrappe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Attrappe
PropertyValue
HeadwordAttrappe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈtʁapə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Attrappe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Attrappefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „attraktivsten“ (#56,769), „Aufgabenstellungen“ (#56,772), „assoziierten“ (#56,767). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Attrappe“ bei #56,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Attrappe is uncommon German at frequency #56,770 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈtʁapə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine täuschend echte Nachbildung, ohne vollständige Funktion des Originals".

Attrappe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Attrappe, spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine täuschend echte Nachbildung, ohne vollständige Funktion des Originals

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Attrappe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Geschäfte für Mobiltelefone statten ihre Vitrinen oft mit Attrappen der Geräte aus, um den Verlust im Falle eines Diebstahls klein zu halten.
  2. Das Militär benutzt Attrappen von Kriegsgerät, um den Gegner einzuschüchtern.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Attrappe"?
"Attrappe" is spelled A-T-T-R-A-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈtʁapə].
What does "Attrappe" mean?
As a noun, "Attrappe" means: eine täuschend echte Nachbildung, ohne vollständige Funktion des Originals
How do you pronounce "Attrappe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Attrappe" is [aˈtʁapə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Attrappe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Attrappe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list