Talsperre

/[ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,492

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Talsperre is aGermannoun. It means: Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht Pronounced [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə].

Key facts for Talsperre
PropertyValue
HeadwordTalsperre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,492
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Talsperre in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Talsperre is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,492 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Talsperre, with forms such as "atlsperre", "tallsperre", and "talpserre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Talsperre, spelled T-A-L-S-P-E-R-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atlsperre,tallsperre,talpserre,talseprre,talspere,talsperer,talspperre,talsprere,talssperre,taslperre,tlasperre,ttalsperre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Talsperre

Misspelling Variants of "Talsperre"

atlsperre9tallsperre10talpserre9talseprre9talspere8talsperer9talspperre10talsprere9
Misspelling Variants of "Talsperre"

Frequency rank: #41,492 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Talsperre"?
"Talsperre" is spelled T-A-L-S-P-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə].
What does "Talsperre" mean?
As a noun, "Talsperre" means: Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht
What are common misspellings of "Talsperre"?
Common misspellings include "atlsperre", "tallsperre", "talpserre", "talseprre", "talspere". The correct spelling is "Talsperre".
How do you pronounce "Talsperre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Talsperre" is [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Talsperre" come from?
"Talsperre" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.