Tamponade

[tampoˈnaːdə]

/[tampoˈnaːdə]/ noun

The verdict

“Tamponade” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vorgang, einen Hohlraum des Körpers mit einem Tampon/Gaze zu füllen, um Sekret/Blut aufzunehmen, das dazu verwendete Material

Corpus desk

Index DE-tamponade · Tamponade · German

Tamponade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Tamponade
PropertyValue
HeadwordTamponade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tampoˈnaːdə]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Tamponade” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Tamponadeschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tamponade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tampoˈnaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Vorgang, einen Hohlraum des Körpers mit einem Tampon/Gaze zu füllen, um Sekret/Blut aufzunehmen, das dazu verwendete Material".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tamponade, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Tamponade, spelled T-A-M-P-O-N-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Vorgang, einen Hohlraum des Körpers mit einem Tampon/Gaze zu füllen, um Sekret/Blut aufzunehmen, das dazu verwendete Material

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Eine Tamponade der Nasenhöhle ist für einige Tage angezeigt.“
  2. Man schiebt einen dünnen Vliesstreifen (Tamponade) unter den seitlichen Nagelrand, so dass die Tamponade zwischen Nagelfalz und Nagel zu liegen kommt.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tamponade"?
"Tamponade" is spelled T-A-M-P-O-N-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [tampoˈnaːdə].
What does "Tamponade" mean?
As a noun, "Tamponade" means: der Vorgang, einen Hohlraum des Körpers mit einem Tampon/Gaze zu füllen, um Sekret/Blut aufzunehmen, das dazu verwendete Material
How do you pronounce "Tamponade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tamponade" is [tampoˈnaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tamponade" come from?
"Tamponade" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list