Teddybär
[ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Teddybär” is uncommon German (frequency #54,142 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,142
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teddybär |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Teddybär” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Teddybär is uncommon German at frequency #54,142 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛdiˌbɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Teddybär in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Teddybär, spelled T-E-D-D-Y-B-Ä-R.
Definition
- 1vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist
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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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Using “Teddybär”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-D-D-Y-B-Ä-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.