Blechtrommel
[ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩]
The verdict
“Blechtrommel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,761 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,761
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musikinstrument für Kinder: Trommel aus Blech
Corpus desk
Index DE-blechtrommel · Blechtrommel · German
Blechtrommel · rank #83,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,761
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH blankes
Nearest frequency peer: blankes (-2 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 „Blechtrommel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- biological
biological
16,244 corpus weight
- bipolaren
bipolaren
16,243 corpus weight
- blankes
blankes
16,242 corpus weight
- Blechtrommel
Blechtrommel
16,240 corpus weight
- BMZ
BMZ
16,238 corpus weight
- Bobingen
Bobingen
16,237 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Blechtrommel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blechtrommel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Blechtrommel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Blechtrommel is uncommon German at frequency #83,761 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musikinstrument für Kinder: Trommel aus Blech".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Blechtrommel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Blechtrommel, spelled B-L-E-C-H-T-R-O-M-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Musikinstrument für Kinder: Trommel aus Blech
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blechtrommel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Damals konnte man noch den Leuten auf und vor Tribünen mit einer armseligen Blechtrommel bekommen, und ich muß zugeben, daß ich meinen Bühnentrick ähnlich wie das fernwirkende Glaszersingen bis zur Perfektion trieb.“
„Ich hatte mir eine Blechtrommel zu Weihnachten gewünscht, ich meine, es war wegen der bunten Farbe und wegen des Blechtons, den ich haben wollte.“
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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