teach

[tiːt͡ʃ]

/[tiːt͡ʃ]/ verb

The verdict

“teach” is uncommon German (frequency #58,347 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,347
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterrichten; lehren; belehren; beibringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-teach · teach · German

teach · rank #58,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,347
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Teddybären

Nearest frequency peer: Teddybären (+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 „teach“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for teach
PropertyValue
Headwordteach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[tiːt͡ʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „teach“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).teachfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Teddybären“ (#58,348), „süchtige“ (#58,344), „teilweiser“ (#58,350). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „teach“ bei #58,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

teach is uncommon German at frequency #58,347 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [tiːt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unterrichten; lehren; belehren; beibringen".

No misspelling variants are generated for teach in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 teach, spelled T-E-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    unterrichten; lehren; belehren; beibringen

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 "teach"?
"teach" is spelled T-E-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [tiːt͡ʃ].
What does "teach" mean?
As a verb, "teach" means: unterrichten; lehren; belehren; beibringen
How do you pronounce "teach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teach" is [tiːt͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teach" come from?
"teach" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "teach", 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