teen

/[ten]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,141

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

teen is aGermannoun. It means: Zeh (ein Endabschnitt der Gliedmaßen der vierfüßigen Wirbeltiere, bei Primaten insbesondere Menschen nur der der hinteren Gliedmaßen) Pronounced [ten]. It ranks #8,141 in German word frequency. Often confused with tun and Ton.

Key facts for teen
PropertyValue
Headwordteen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ten]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,141
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of teen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for teen is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ten]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,141 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for teen, with forms such as "eten", "teenn", and "tene". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tun", "Ton", "tue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is teen, spelled T-E-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zeh (ein Endabschnitt der Gliedmaßen der vierfüßigen Wirbeltiere, bei Primaten insbesondere Menschen nur der der hinteren Gliedmaßen)
  2. 2
    Zehe (Teil der Brutzwiebel, der Zwiebelknolle beim Knoblauch)

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eten,teenn,tene,tteen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for teen

Misspelling Variants of "teen"

eten4teenn5tene4tteen5
Misspelling Variants of "teen"

Frequency rank: #8,141 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teen"?
"teen" is spelled T-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ten].
What does "teen" mean?
As a noun, "teen" means: Zeh (ein Endabschnitt der Gliedmaßen der vierfüßigen Wirbeltiere, bei Primaten insbesondere Menschen nur der der hinteren Gliedmaßen)
What words are commonly confused with "teen"?
"teen" is commonly confused with "tun", "Ton", "tue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teen" is [ten]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teen" come from?
"teen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.