Thorben
[ˈtɔʁbn̩]
The verdict
“Thorben” is uncommon German (frequency #69,775 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,775
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-thorben · Thorben · German
Thorben · rank #69,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,775
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH thermal
Nearest frequency peer: thermal (-3 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 „Thorben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Terrorgrupp…
Terrorgruppen
30,232 corpus weight
- Tertiär
Tertiär
30,231 corpus weight
- thermal
thermal
30,229 corpus weight
- Thorben
Thorben
30,226 corpus weight
- tien
tien
30,223 corpus weight
- tierliebe
tierliebe
30,222 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Thorben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thorben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Thorben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Thorben is uncommon German at frequency #69,775 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtɔʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Zero misspellings are on record for Thorben in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Thorben, spelled T-H-O-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Thorben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thorben trinkt für sein Leben gern Shrimp-Cocktails.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).