Tarantel
[taˈʁantl̩]
The verdict
“Tarantel” is uncommon German (frequency #94,952 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,952
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - südeuropäische, hellbraune, auf dem Rücken schwarzgestreifte Wolfsspinne, deren Biss beim Menschen schmerzhafte Entzündungen verursachen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-tarantel · Tarantel · German
Tarantel · rank #94,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,952
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tatmotiv
Nearest frequency peer: Tatmotiv (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Tarantel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Südossetien
Südossetien
5,052 corpus weight
- Südrussland
Südrussland
5,051 corpus weight
- Tarantel
Tarantel
5,049 corpus weight
- Tatmotiv
Tatmotiv
5,048 corpus weight
- Tauen
Tauen
5,047 corpus weight
- Taufbecken
Taufbecken
5,046 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tarantel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tarantel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taˈʁantl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tarantel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tarantel is uncommon German at frequency #94,952 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [taˈʁantl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "südeuropäische, hellbraune, auf dem Rücken schwarzgestreifte Wolfsspinne, deren Biss beim Menschen schmerzhafte Entzündungen verursachen kann".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tarantel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tarantel, spelled T-A-R-A-N-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1südeuropäische, hellbraune, auf dem Rücken schwarzgestreifte Wolfsspinne, deren Biss beim Menschen schmerzhafte Entzündungen verursachen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tarantel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Taranteln wohnen in kleinen Erdhöhlen.
Da kommt sie willig: willkommen, Tarantel!
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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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