Teufe
[ˈtɔɪ̯fə]
The verdict
“Teufe” is uncommon German (frequency #77,415 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,415
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die lotrechte Entfernung eines Ortes von der der Erdoberfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-teufe · Teufe · German
Teufe · rank #77,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,415
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Terri
Nearest frequency peer: Terri (-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 „Teufe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tempelberg
Tempelberg
22,591 corpus weight
- tendenziöse
tendenziöse
22,590 corpus weight
- Terri
Terri
22,587 corpus weight
- Teufe
Teufe
22,586 corpus weight
- Tiefflug
Tiefflug
22,582 corpus weight
- Tigern
Tigern
22,581 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Teufe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teufe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔɪ̯fə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Teufe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Teufe is uncommon German at frequency #77,415 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɔɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die lotrechte Entfernung eines Ortes von der der Erdoberfläche".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Teufe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Teufe, spelled T-E-U-F-E.
Definition
- 1die lotrechte Entfernung eines Ortes von der der Erdoberfläche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teufe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das zweite Lausitzer Braunkohlenflöz beginnt hier bei einer Teufe von 80 Metern.
Der Schacht wird bis zu einer Teufe von 1200 Metern niedergebracht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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