Tequila
[teˈkiːla]
The verdict
“Tequila” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,516
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hochprozentiger Branntwein aus Mexiko, der aus Pulque (dem vergorenen Saft der Blauen Agave (Agave tequilana)) gewonnen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tequila |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teˈkiːla] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tequila” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Tequila (IPA [teˈkiːla]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,516 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hochprozentiger Branntwein aus Mexiko, der aus Pulque (dem vergorenen Saft der Blauen Agave (Agave tequilana)) gewonnen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tequila, with forms such as "etquila", "teqiula", and "teqquila". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tequila, spelled T-E-Q-U-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1hochprozentiger Branntwein aus Mexiko, der aus Pulque (dem vergorenen Saft der Blauen Agave (Agave tequilana)) gewonnen wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etquila
- teqiula
- teqquila
- tequial
- tequilla
- tequlia
- teuqila
- tqeuila
- ttequila
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tequila - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Tequila”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-Q-U-I-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [teˈkiːla] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.