textile

Name: textile, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[tɛksˈtiːlə]

/[tɛksˈtiːlə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“textile” is uncommon German (frequency #53,290 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,290
frequency rank, German: 35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil

Key facts for textile
Property	Value
Headword	textile
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[tɛksˈtiːlə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#53,290
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “textile” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). textile lands here:

#53,290

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

textile is uncommon German at frequency #53,290 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [tɛksˈtiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for textile, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is textile, spelled T-E-X-T-I-L-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil

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 "textile"?

"textile" is spelled T-E-X-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛksˈtiːlə].

What does "textile" mean?

As an adjective, "textile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs textil

How do you pronounce "textile"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "textile" is [tɛksˈtiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "textile" come from?

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Using “textile”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is T-E-X-T-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [tɛksˈtiːlə] (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.