Thinktank
[ˈθɪŋktæŋk]
The verdict
“Thinktank” is uncommon German (frequency #83,378 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,378
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einrichtung, die durch Erforschung, Entwicklung und Bewertung von politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Konzepten und Strategien Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung nimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-thinktank · Thinktank · German
Thinktank · rank #83,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,378
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH thematischer
Nearest frequency peer: thematischer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Thinktank”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tempore
tempore
16,626 corpus weight
- Teplitz
Teplitz
16,625 corpus weight
- thematischer
thematischer
16,624 corpus weight
- Thinktank
Thinktank
16,623 corpus weight
- Thors
Thors
16,622 corpus weight
- Thronfolgers
Thronfolgers
16,621 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Thinktank” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thinktank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈθɪŋktæŋk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thinktank” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Thinktank is uncommon German at frequency #83,378 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈθɪŋktæŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einrichtung, die durch Erforschung, Entwicklung und Bewertung von politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Konzepten und Strategien Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung nimmt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thinktank, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Thinktank, spelled T-H-I-N-K-T-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Einrichtung, die durch Erforschung, Entwicklung und Bewertung von politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Konzepten und Strategien Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung nimmt
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Thinktank", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.