Tabakpfeife
[ˈtabakˌp͡faɪ̯fə]
The verdict
“Tabakpfeife” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Rauchgerät, in dem in einer Brennkammer Tabak verbrannt und durch ein Mundstück in den Mund aufgenommen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tabakpfeife |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtabakˌp͡faɪ̯fə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tabakpfeife” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Tabakpfeife is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtabakˌp͡faɪ̯fə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Rauchgerät, in dem in einer Brennkammer Tabak verbrannt und durch ein Mundstück in den Mund aufgenommen wird".
Tabakpfeife has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tabakpfeife, spelled T-A-B-A-K-P-F-E-I-F-E.
Definition
- 1ein Rauchgerät, in dem in einer Brennkammer Tabak verbrannt und durch ein Mundstück in den Mund aufgenommen wird
This word in other languages
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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Using “Tabakpfeife”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-B-A-K-P-F-E-I-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtabakˌp͡faɪ̯fə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.