thumb
[θʌm]
The verdict
“thumb” is uncommon German (frequency #68,753 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,753
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Finger der Hand, der den anderen Fingern gegenübergestellt ist: Daumen
Corpus desk
Index DE-thumb · thumb · German
thumb · rank #68,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,753
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Thermalbad
Nearest frequency peer: Thermalbad (-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 “thumb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Themenfelder
Themenfelder
31,251 corpus weight
- theologisch…
theologisches
31,250 corpus weight
- Thermalbad
Thermalbad
31,249 corpus weight
- thumb
thumb
31,248 corpus weight
- Tibeter
Tibeter
31,246 corpus weight
- tickende
tickende
31,245 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thumb” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thumb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [θʌm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thumb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thumb is uncommon German at frequency #68,753 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [θʌm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Finger der Hand, der den anderen Fingern gegenübergestellt ist: Daumen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thumb, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 thumb, spelled T-H-U-M-B.
Definition
- 1Finger der Hand, der den anderen Fingern gegenübergestellt ist: Daumen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thumb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most human hands have four fingers and one thumb.
A small child might suck their thumb if they don't use a pacifier.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.