thermal

[tɛʁˈmaːl]

/[tɛʁˈmaːl]/ adj

The verdict

“thermal” is uncommon German (frequency #69,772 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,772
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wärme betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-thermal · thermal · German

thermal · rank #69,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,772
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tertiär

Nearest frequency peer: Tertiär (-2 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 „thermal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „thermal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for thermal
PropertyValue
Headwordthermal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[tɛʁˈmaːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „thermal“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.thermalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tertiär“ (#69,770), „Terrorgruppen“ (#69,769), „Thorben“ (#69,775). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „thermal“ bei #69,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thermal is uncommon German at frequency #69,772 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [tɛʁˈmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

thermal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is thermal, spelled T-H-E-R-M-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wärme betreffend
  2. 2
    auf warme/heiße Quellen bezogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how thermal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurde eine klinische Bewertung der thermalen Meßtechnik zur Quantifizierung des EVLW versucht.
  2. Die Ergebnisse fließen in die Untersuchungen zur Polbeleuchtung und die Studien der thermalen Bedingungen auf der Oberfläche des kleinen Mars Satelliten ein.

Synonyms

Antonyms

kryonisch

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thermal"?
"thermal" is spelled T-H-E-R-M-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛʁˈmaːl].
What does "thermal" mean?
As an adjective, "thermal" means: die Wärme betreffend
How do you pronounce "thermal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thermal" is [tɛʁˈmaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thermal" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thermal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list