Falco tinnunculus
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The verdict
“Falco tinnunculus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name des Turmfalken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Falco tinnunculus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Falco tinnunculus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Falco tinnunculus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name des Turmfalken".
Falco tinnunculus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Falco tinnunculus, spelled F-A-L-C-O- -T-I-N-N-U-N-C-U-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name des Turmfalken
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is F-A-L-C-O- -T-I-N-N-U-N-C-U-L-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.