Tarif

/[taˈʁiːf]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,466

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Tarif is aGermannoun. It means: der festgesetzte Preis für etwas, das von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Institution angeboten wird Pronounced [taˈʁiːf]. It ranks #9,466 in German word frequency. Often confused with traf and Taxi.

Key facts for Tarif
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HeadwordTarif
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[taˈʁiːf]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,466
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Tarif in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tarif is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [taˈʁiːf]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,466 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Tarif, with forms such as "atrif", "tairf", and "tarfi". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "traf", "Taxi", "Trio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Tarif, spelled T-A-R-I-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der festgesetzte Preis für etwas, das von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Institution angeboten wird
  2. 2
    der vereinbarte Lohn

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atrif,tairf,tarfi,tariff,tarrif,traif,ttarif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tarif

Misspelling Variants of "Tarif"

atrif5tairf5tarfi5tariff6tarrif6traif5ttarif6
Misspelling Variants of "Tarif"

Frequency rank: #9,466 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tarif"?
"Tarif" is spelled T-A-R-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is [taˈʁiːf].
What does "Tarif" mean?
As a noun, "Tarif" means: der festgesetzte Preis für etwas, das von einer staatlichen oder offiziellen Institution angeboten wird
What words are commonly confused with "Tarif"?
"Tarif" is commonly confused with "traf", "Taxi", "Trio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tarif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tarif" is [taˈʁiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tarif" come from?
"Tarif" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.