Taufstein
[ˈtaʊ̯fˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Taufstein” is uncommon German (frequency #85,922 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,922
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behältnis, das in christlichen Kirchen der Taufe dient und mit geweihtem Wasser gefüllt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-taufstein · Taufstein · German
Taufstein · rank #85,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,922
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tateinheit
Nearest frequency peer: Tateinheit (-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 „Taufstein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- talar
talar
14,083 corpus weight
- Tarifkonfli…
Tarifkonflikt
14,082 corpus weight
- Taschkent
Taschkent
14,081 corpus weight
- Tateinheit
Tateinheit
14,080 corpus weight
- Taufstein
Taufstein
14,079 corpus weight
- Technokraten
Technokraten
14,077 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Taufstein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taufstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʊ̯fˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Taufstein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Taufstein is uncommon German at frequency #85,922 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaʊ̯fˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behältnis, das in christlichen Kirchen der Taufe dient und mit geweihtem Wasser gefüllt ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Taufstein in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Taufstein, spelled T-A-U-F-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Behältnis, das in christlichen Kirchen der Taufe dient und mit geweihtem Wasser gefüllt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taufstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In vielen Kirchen stehen schöne, alte Taufsteine.
„Auch der Taufstein ist noch erhalten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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