thunderbolt

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The verdict

“thunderbolt” is uncommon German (frequency #58,357 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,357
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Blitz, der Donnerkeil

Corpus desk

Index DE-thunderbolt · thunderbolt · German

thunderbolt · rank #58,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,357
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thesaurus

Nearest frequency peer: Thesaurus (-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 „thunderbolt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for thunderbolt
PropertyValue
Headwordthunderbolt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,357
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „thunderbolt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Thesaurus“ (#58,356), „Tiefebene“ (#58,358), „theatralisch“ (#58,355). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „thunderbolt“ bei #58,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thunderbolt is uncommon German at frequency #58,357 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for thunderbolt, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is thunderbolt, spelled T-H-U-N-D-E-R-B-O-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Blitz, der Donnerkeil
  2. 2
    ein Bombenschuss

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Thunderbolts as divine weapons can be found in many mythologies.“
  2. Did you see that thunderbolt of Wayne Rooney?

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 "thunderbolt"?
"thunderbolt" is spelled T-H-U-N-D-E-R-B-O-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "thunderbolt" mean?
As a noun, "thunderbolt" means: der Blitz, der Donnerkeil
How do you pronounce "thunderbolt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thunderbolt" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thunderbolt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

teuflischen#58,354Tierpfleger#58,361traumhafter#58,369Umleitungen#58,375

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list