Thema

/[ˈteːma]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#388

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Thema is aGermannoun. It means: gedanklicher Mittelpunkt Pronounced [ˈteːma]. It ranks #388 in German word frequency. Often confused with Theo and they.

Key facts for Thema
PropertyValue
HeadwordThema
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈteːma]
Letters5
Frequency rank#388
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Thema in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Thema is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈteːma]. Corpus data places it at rank #388 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Thema, with forms such as "htema", "tehma", and "theam". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Theo", "they", "then", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Thema, spelled T-H-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gedanklicher Mittelpunkt
  2. 2
    gemeinsamer Fokus einer Gesprächsgruppe
  3. 3
    Hauptteil, dessen Ideen oder Harmoniefolgen in Improvisationen oder weiteren Teilen ausgearbeitet, paraphrasiert oder imitiert werden
  4. 4
    Gegenstand oder Grundgedanke zum Beispiel einer schriftlichen Arbeit oder eines literarischen Werkes
  5. 5
    Ausgangsinformation eines Satzes (während das Rhema die auf diese Information bezogenen neuen Ausführungen bezeichnet); im Deutschen ist in vielen Fällen das Subjekt das Thema des Satzes
  6. 6
    Verwaltungsdistrikt im Byzantinischen Reich

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htema,tehma,theam,themma,thhema,thmea,tthema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Thema

Misspelling Variants of "Thema"

htema5tehma5theam5themma6thhema6thmea5tthema6
Misspelling Variants of "Thema"

Frequency rank: #388 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thema"?
"Thema" is spelled T-H-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈteːma].
What does "Thema" mean?
As a noun, "Thema" means: gedanklicher Mittelpunkt
What words are commonly confused with "Thema"?
"Thema" is commonly confused with "Theo", "they", "then". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thema" is [ˈteːma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thema" come from?
"Thema" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.