tear

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The verdict

“tear” is uncommon German (frequency #92,298 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,298
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - salziger Tropfen, den das Auge beim Weinen vergießt; Träne

Corpus desk

Index DE-tear · tear · German

tear · rank #92,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,298
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Teilnahmegebü…

Nearest frequency peer: Teilnahmegebühr (+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 „tear“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tear
PropertyValue
Headwordtear
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#92,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tear“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.tearfällt 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: „Teilnahmegebühr“ (#92,299), „terrestrische“ (#92,300), „Terrorabwehr“ (#92,301). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tear“ bei #92,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tear is uncommon German at frequency #92,298 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "salziger Tropfen, den das Auge beim Weinen vergießt; Träne".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tear, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is tear, spelled T-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    salziger Tropfen, den das Auge beim Weinen vergießt; Träne

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He wiped the tears from his eyes.

Synonyms

teardrop

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 "tear"?
"tear" is spelled T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "tear" mean?
As a noun, "tear" means: salziger Tropfen, den das Auge beim Weinen vergießt; Träne
How do you pronounce "tear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tear" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tear" come from?
"tear" 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 "tear", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uomo#92,373Rufs#92,156Rona#92,152wank#92,448

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list