Thaddäus
[taˈdɛːʊs]
The verdict
“Thaddäus” is uncommon German (frequency #56,581 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,581
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thaddäus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [taˈdɛːʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thaddäus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Thaddäus is uncommon German at frequency #56,581 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [taˈdɛːʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Thaddäus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Thaddäus, spelled T-H-A-D-D-Ä-U-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-H-A-D-D-Ä-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.