throat

[θɹəʊt]

/[θɹəʊt]/ noun

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The verdict

“throat” is uncommon German (frequency #66,767 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,767
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Hals; Rachen, Kehle

Corpus desk

Index DE-throat · throat · German

throat · rank #66,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,767
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tierschutzges…

Nearest frequency peer: Tierschutzgesetz (+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 „throat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for throat
PropertyValue
Headwordthroat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[θɹəʊt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „throat“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tierschutzgesetz“ (#66,768), „tik“ (#66,769), „Timotheus“ (#66,770). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „throat“ bei #66,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

throat is uncommon German at frequency #66,767 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [θɹəʊt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for throat in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is throat, spelled T-H-R-O-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Hals; Rachen, Kehle
  2. 2
    die Trachea, Speiseröhre
  3. 3
    der Flaschenhals

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. My throat is sour because I held a one hour presentation.
  2. The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.

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 "throat"?
"throat" is spelled T-H-R-O-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [θɹəʊt].
What does "throat" mean?
As a noun, "throat" means: der Hals; Rachen, Kehle
How do you pronounce "throat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "throat" is [θɹəʊt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "throat" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Telgte#66,762taufte#66,761tatest#66,758tobten#66,776

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list