Thermostat
[tɛʁmoˈstaːt]
The verdict
“Thermostat” is uncommon German (frequency #61,989 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,989
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das eine Temperatur konstant hält
Corpus desk
Index DE-thermostat · Thermostat · German
Thermostat · rank #61,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,989
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Thorium
Nearest frequency peer: Thorium (+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 „Thermostat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Terrororgan…
Terrororganisationen
38,016 corpus weight
- Textpassagen
Textpassagen
38,015 corpus weight
- Thales
Thales
38,014 corpus weight
- Thermostat
Thermostat
38,012 corpus weight
- Thorium
Thorium
38,011 corpus weight
- Thum
Thum
38,010 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Thermostat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thermostat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɛʁmoˈstaːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Thermostat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Thermostat is uncommon German at frequency #61,989 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɛʁmoˈstaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, das eine Temperatur konstant hält".
Zero misspellings are on record for Thermostat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Thermostat, spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-S-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1Gerät, das eine Temperatur konstant hält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Thermostat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In vielen Haushalten sind noch Thermostate ohne digitale Anzeige der Raumtemperatur verbaut, auf denen sich lediglich Stufen von eins bis fünf per Drehbewegung einstellen lassen.“
„Das Symbol der Schneeflocke oder des Sterns bildet bei vielen Thermostaten die kälteste Stufe ab.“
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.
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