Theta
[ˈteːta]
The verdict
“Theta” is uncommon German (frequency #76,272 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,272
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - achter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
Corpus desk
Index DE-theta · Theta · German
Theta · rank #76,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,272
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Thessalien
Nearest frequency peer: Thessalien (-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 „Theta“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- theatralisc…
theatralische
23,732 corpus weight
- Theologin
Theologin
23,731 corpus weight
- Thessalien
Thessalien
23,730 corpus weight
- Theta
Theta
23,729 corpus weight
- throw
throw
23,728 corpus weight
- Tiegel
Tiegel
23,726 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Theta“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Theta |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈteːta] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Theta“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Theta is uncommon German at frequency #76,272 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteːta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "achter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Theta, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Theta, spelled T-H-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1achter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
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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