täppisch
[ˈtɛpɪʃ]
The verdict
“täppisch” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zumeist auf unbeholfene und ungeschickte, bisweilen plumpe und schwerfällige Art und Weise
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | täppisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtɛpɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “täppisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for täppisch is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɛpɪʃ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zumeist auf unbeholfene und ungeschickte, bisweilen plumpe und schwerfällige Art und Weise".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for täppisch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is täppisch, spelled T-Ä-P-P-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zumeist auf unbeholfene und ungeschickte, bisweilen plumpe und schwerfällige Art und Weise
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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.
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Using “täppisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-Ä-P-P-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.