Tanzkurs
[ˈtant͡sˌkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Tanzkurs” is uncommon German (frequency #65,754 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,754
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unterricht über einen bestimmten Zeitraum, der dem Aufbau oder der Verbesserung der Tanzkenntnisse der Kursteilnehmer dient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tanzkurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtant͡sˌkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tanzkurs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tanzkurs is uncommon German at frequency #65,754 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtant͡sˌkʊʁs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterricht über einen bestimmten Zeitraum, der dem Aufbau oder der Verbesserung der Tanzkenntnisse der Kursteilnehmer dient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tanzkurs, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Tanzkurs, spelled T-A-N-Z-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Unterricht über einen bestimmten Zeitraum, der dem Aufbau oder der Verbesserung der Tanzkenntnisse der Kursteilnehmer dient
Synonyms
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 “Tanzkurs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-N-Z-K-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtant͡sˌkʊʁs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.