tappe
[ˈtapə]
The verdict
“tappe” is uncommon German (frequency #96,349 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,349
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tappen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tappe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtapə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tappe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tappe is uncommon German at frequency #96,349 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtapə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
tappe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 tappe, spelled T-A-P-P-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tappen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tappen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tappen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tappen
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 “tappe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtapə] (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
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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.