taff

[taf]

/[taf]/ adj

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The verdict

“taff” is uncommon German (frequency #54,135 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,135
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig

Corpus desk

Index DE-taff · taff · German

taff · rank #54,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,135
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tack

Nearest frequency peer: tack (-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 „taff“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taff
PropertyValue
Headwordtaff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[taf]
Letters4
Frequency rank#54,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „taff“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.tafffällt 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: „tack“ (#54,134), „Tagesklinik“ (#54,136), „sündhaft“ (#54,133). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „taff“ bei #54,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taff is uncommon German at frequency #54,135 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [taf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for taff, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is taff, spelled T-A-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie ist eine taffe Person.
  2. „Das kriegerische Israel hat die taffsten Frauen, aber auch die hemmungslosesten Grabscher.“

Synonyms

robusthart

This word in other languages

demanding(English)robusto(Español)costaud(Français)

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 "taff"?
"taff" is spelled T-A-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [taf].
What does "taff" mean?
As an adjective, "taff" means: nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig
How do you pronounce "taff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taff" is [taf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taff" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tack#54,134Syke#54,127SATA#54,050rien#54,028

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list