testa

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The verdict

“testa” is uncommon German (frequency #85,929 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,929
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Kopf (das oberste beziehungsweise) vorderste Körperteil eines Lebewesens)

Corpus desk

Index DE-testa · testa · German

testa · rank #85,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,929
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH temporale

Nearest frequency peer: temporale (-2 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 „testa“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for testa
PropertyValue
Headwordtesta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „testa“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).testafällt 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: „temporale“ (#85,927), „Temeswar“ (#85,926), „Technokraten“ (#85,924). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „testa“ bei #85,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

testa is uncommon German at frequency #85,929 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for testa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is testa, spelled T-E-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Kopf (das oberste beziehungsweise) vorderste Körperteil eines Lebewesens)
  2. 2
    die Person

Antonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "testa"?
"testa" is spelled T-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "testa" mean?
As a noun, "testa" means: der Kopf (das oberste beziehungsweise) vorderste Körperteil eines Lebewesens)
How do you pronounce "testa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "testa" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "testa" come from?
"testa" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

talar#85,918Tacos#85,917Tones#85,941virgo#86,021

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list