Thesaurus

[teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]

/[teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Thesaurus” is uncommon German (frequency #58,356 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,356
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine einsprachige, meist umfangreiche und nach Themen sortierte Wörtersammlung mit Vokabular, dessen Begriffe durch Relationen miteinander verbunden sind

Corpus desk

Index DE-thesaurus · Thesaurus · German

Thesaurus · rank #58,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,356
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH theatralisch

Nearest frequency peer: theatralisch (-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 „Thesaurus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thesaurus
PropertyValue
HeadwordThesaurus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,356
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Thesaurus“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „theatralisch“ (#58,355), „thunderbolt“ (#58,357), „teuflischen“ (#58,354). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Thesaurus“ bei #58,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Thesaurus is uncommon German at frequency #58,356 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Thesaurus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Thesaurus, spelled T-H-E-S-A-U-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine einsprachige, meist umfangreiche und nach Themen sortierte Wörtersammlung mit Vokabular, dessen Begriffe durch Relationen miteinander verbunden sind
  2. 2
    in ein Textverarbeitungsprogramm integriertes Synonymwörterbuch
  3. 3
    Gebäude, in dem Schätze verwahrt wurden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Thesaurus werden Wörterbücher bezeichnet, mit denen versucht wird, den gesamten Wortschatz einer Sprache, einer Epoche oder eines Autors darzustellen.
  2. Ein Thesaurus einer Sprache ordnet deren Wörter nach Themen und Wortfeldern, dient vor allem zum Auffinden besser passender Wörter beim Schreiben und enthält dafür in der Regel einen alphabetischen Index.

This word in other languages

thesaurus(English)tesauro(Español)thésaurus(Français)

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 "Thesaurus"?
"Thesaurus" is spelled T-H-E-S-A-U-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs].
What does "Thesaurus" mean?
As a noun, "Thesaurus" means: eine einsprachige, meist umfangreiche und nach Themen sortierte Wörtersammlung mit Vokabular, dessen Begriffe durch Relationen miteinander verbunden sind
How do you pronounce "Thesaurus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thesaurus" is [teˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thesaurus" come from?
"Thesaurus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tiefebene#58,358Tiefstand#58,359tödlichem#58,372umwandelt#58,377

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list