dolphin

[ˈdɒlfɪn]

/[ˈdɒlfɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“dolphin” is uncommon German (frequency #64,189 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,189
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Delfin

Corpus desk

Index DE-dolphin · dolphin · German

dolphin · rank #64,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,189
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dokumentarfil…

Nearest frequency peer: Dokumentarfilme (-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 „dolphin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dolphin
PropertyValue
Headworddolphin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɒlfɪn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dolphin“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dokumentarfilme“ (#64,188), „Dorfe“ (#64,190), „Diskrepanzen“ (#64,187). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dolphin“ bei #64,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dolphin is uncommon German at frequency #64,189 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɒlfɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Delfin".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dolphin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dolphin, spelled D-O-L-P-H-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Delfin

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 "dolphin"?
"dolphin" is spelled D-O-L-P-H-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɒlfɪn].
What does "dolphin" mean?
As a noun, "dolphin" means: der Delfin
How do you pronounce "dolphin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dolphin" is [ˈdɒlfɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Driburg#64,198dumpfes#64,202colours#64,159erbitte#64,231

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list