Talisman
[ˈtaːlɪsman]
The verdict
“Talisman” is uncommon German (frequency #50,094 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,094
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenstand, der Unheil abwenden beziehungsweise Glück bringen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-talisman · Talisman · German
Talisman · rank #50,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,094
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH tatkräftige
Nearest frequency peer: tatkräftige (+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 „Talisman“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sümpfen
Sümpfen
49,909 corpus weight
- Talisman
Talisman
49,907 corpus weight
- tatkräftige
tatkräftige
49,906 corpus weight
- Tatverdacht
Tatverdacht
49,905 corpus weight
- telefonierte
telefonierte
49,904 corpus weight
- Tender
Tender
49,903 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Talisman“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Talisman“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Talisman is uncommon German at frequency #50,094 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaːlɪsman]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Talisman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Talisman in Karneol, / Gläubgen bringt er Glück und Wohl; / Steht er gar auf Onyx' Grunde, / Küß ihn, mit geweihtem Munde! / Alles Übel treibt er fort, / Schützet dich und schützt den Ort: / Wenn das eingegrabne Wort / Allahs Namen rein verkündet, / Dich zu Lieb und Tat entzündet. / Und besonders werden Frauen / Sich am Talisman erbauen. / Amulette sind d…
Er ist ein Talisman, der vor allen Gefahren schützt und sicher in das Reich des Zauberkönigs geleitet.
Synonyms
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); 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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