Tiber

[ˈtiːbɐ]

/[ˈtiːbɐ]/ name

The verdict

“Tiber” is uncommon German (frequency #71,911 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,911
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fluss in Mittelitalien, der durch Rom fließt

Corpus desk

Index DE-tiber · Tiber · German

Tiber · rank #71,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,911
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Testflug

Nearest frequency peer: Testflug (-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 „Tiber“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tiber
PropertyValue
HeadwordTiber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtiːbɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tiber“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Tiberfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Testflug“ (#71,910), „Tiermedizin“ (#71,912), „Telefonzellen“ (#71,909). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tiber“ bei #71,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tiber is uncommon German at frequency #71,911 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtiːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fluss in Mittelitalien, der durch Rom fließt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tiber in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tiber, spelled T-I-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fluss in Mittelitalien, der durch Rom fließt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Rom war als Siedlungsplatz wohl deshalb besonders attraktiv, weil es an einer Furt des Tiber lag, die wichtig war für die Verbindungen zwischen dem nördlich gelegenen Etrurien und dem südlich gelegenen Kampanien, und weil hier die Salzstraße vorbeiführte, auf der dieses schon in der Frühgeschichte wichtige Mineral von den Salzbuchten an der Tibermündung…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tiber"?
"Tiber" is spelled T-I-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːbɐ].
What does "Tiber" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tiber" means: Fluss in Mittelitalien, der durch Rom fließt
How do you pronounce "Tiber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tiber" is [ˈtiːbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tiber" come from?
"Tiber" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list