Talisman
[ˈtaːlɪsman]
The verdict
“Talisman” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,094 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,094
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gegenstand, der Unheil abwenden beziehungsweise Glück bringen soll
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Talisman |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːlɪsman] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Talisman” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Talisman is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtaːlɪsman]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,094 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gegenstand, der Unheil abwenden beziehungsweise Glück bringen soll".
Talisman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Talisman, spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand, der Unheil abwenden beziehungsweise Glück bringen soll
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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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Using “Talisman”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-L-I-S-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtaːlɪsman] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.