Teufeln
[ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩n]
The verdict
“Teufeln” is uncommon German (frequency #65,760 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,760
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Teufel
Corpus desk
Index DE-teufeln · Teufeln · German
Teufeln · rank #65,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Terroristin
Nearest frequency peer: Terroristin (-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 „Teufeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Telefonseel…
Telefonseelsorge
34,246 corpus weight
- Tennisplätze
Tennisplätze
34,243 corpus weight
- Terroristin
Terroristin
34,242 corpus weight
- Teufeln
Teufeln
34,241 corpus weight
- Timeout
Timeout
34,239 corpus weight
- totalitär
totalitär
34,237 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Teufeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teufeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Teufeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Teufeln is uncommon German at frequency #65,760 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Teufel".
Teufeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Teufeln, spelled T-E-U-F-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Teufel
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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