Tatra

[ˈtatʁa]

/[ˈtatʁa]/ name

The verdict

“Tatra” is uncommon German (frequency #66,759 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,759
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hochgebirge auf dem Gebiet von Polen und der Slowakei, das ein Teil der Westkarpaten ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-tatra · Tatra · German

Tatra · rank #66,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,759
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tatest

Nearest frequency peer: tatest (-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 „Tatra“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tatra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tatra
PropertyValue
HeadwordTatra
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtatʁa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tatra“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tatrafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tatest“ (#66,758), „tatsächliches“ (#66,760), „taufte“ (#66,761). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tatra“ bei #66,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tatra is uncommon German at frequency #66,759 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtatʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hochgebirge auf dem Gebiet von Polen und der Slowakei, das ein Teil der Westkarpaten ist".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Tatra in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Tatra, spelled T-A-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hochgebirge auf dem Gebiet von Polen und der Slowakei, das ein Teil der Westkarpaten ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Tatra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Tatra ist das einzige Hochgebirge Europas, in dem die Hütten noch nicht mit Seilbahnen oder Geländefahrzeugen versorgt werden.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tatra"?
"Tatra" is spelled T-A-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtatʁa].
What does "Tatra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tatra" means: Hochgebirge auf dem Gebiet von Polen und der Slowakei, das ein Teil der Westkarpaten ist
How do you pronounce "Tatra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tatra" is [ˈtatʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tatra" come from?
"Tatra" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tatra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list