tempi

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The verdict

“tempi” is uncommon German (frequency #64,775 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,775
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs tempo

Corpus desk

Index DE-tempi · tempi · German

tempi · rank #64,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,775
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Teletext

Nearest frequency peer: Teletext (-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 „tempi“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tempi
PropertyValue
Headwordtempi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,775
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tempi“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Teletext“ (#64,774), „Tennisspielerin“ (#64,776), „Telemedizin“ (#64,773). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tempi“ bei #64,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tempi is uncommon German at frequency #64,775 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs tempo".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tempi, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is tempi, spelled T-E-M-P-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs tempo

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 "tempi"?
"tempi" is spelled T-E-M-P-I. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "tempi" mean?
As a noun, "tempi" means: Plural des Substantivs tempo
How do you pronounce "tempi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tempi" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tiers#64,781Tramp#64,788Sporn#64,726senne#64,703

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list