teacher

[ˈtiːt͡ʃə]

/[ˈtiːt͡ʃə]/ noun

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The verdict

“teacher” is uncommon German (frequency #52,482 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,482
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehrer, Lehrerin; Lehrmeister, Lehrmeisterin

Corpus desk

Index DE-teacher · teacher · German

teacher · rank #52,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,482
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tempus

Nearest frequency peer: Tempus (+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 „teacher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for teacher
PropertyValue
Headwordteacher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːt͡ʃə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,482
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „teacher“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).teacherfällt 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: „Tempus“ (#52,483), „tasso“ (#52,480), „texts“ (#52,484). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „teacher“ bei #52,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

teacher is uncommon German at frequency #52,482 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtiːt͡ʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for teacher in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is teacher, spelled T-E-A-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lehrer, Lehrerin; Lehrmeister, Lehrmeisterin
  2. 2
    zweithöchstes Amt des Aaronischen Priestertums
  3. 3
    etwas, das jemandem etwas lehrt, auf etwas hinweist
  4. 4
    Zeigefinger

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I fell in love with my English teacher.
  2. There are three chemistry teachers at our school.

Synonyms

educatorinstructorschoolteacherindicationlessonforefingerindexindex fingerpointlingshowing finger

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 "teacher"?
"teacher" is spelled T-E-A-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːt͡ʃə].
What does "teacher" mean?
As a noun, "teacher" means: Lehrer, Lehrerin; Lehrmeister, Lehrmeisterin
How do you pronounce "teacher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teacher" is [ˈtiːt͡ʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teacher" come from?
"teacher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stummer#52,466Ukulele#52,504Umfelds#52,505Spindel#52,446

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list