tête-à-tête
[tɛtaˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“tête-à-tête” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu zweit, unter vier Augen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tete-a-tete · tête-à-tête · German
tête-à-tête · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tête-à-tête |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [tɛtaˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tête-à-tête“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tête-à-tête is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [tɛtaˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu zweit, unter vier Augen".
tête-à-tête doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is tête-à-tête, spelled T-Ê-T-E---À---T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1zu zweit, unter vier Augen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tête-à-tête appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein zweites Frühstück tête-à-tête wäre nicht schlecht.“
„Für einen Europäer ist die Bedeutung einer Einladung, tête-à-tête in einem Privatzimmer im Hotel Shepheard zu soupieren, vollkommen klar.“
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.