ticket

/[ˈtɪkət]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,233

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ticket is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken Pronounced [ˈtɪkət]. It ranks #4,233 in German word frequency. Often confused with tickt and tucker.

Key facts for ticket
PropertyValue
Headwordticket
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈtɪkət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,233
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ticket in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ticket is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɪkət]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,233 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for ticket, with forms such as "itcket", "tciket", and "ticcket". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "tickt", "tucker", "Tickets", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ticket, spelled T-I-C-K-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itcket,tciket,ticcket,ticekt,tickett,tickket,tickte,tikcet,tticket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ticket

Misspelling Variants of "ticket"

itcket6tciket6ticcket7ticekt6tickett7tickket7tickte6tikcet6
Misspelling Variants of "ticket"

Frequency rank: #4,233 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ticket"?
"ticket" is spelled T-I-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɪkət].
What does "ticket" mean?
As a verb, "ticket" means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken
What words are commonly confused with "ticket"?
"ticket" is commonly confused with "tickt", "tucker", "Tickets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ticket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ticket" is [ˈtɪkət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ticket" come from?
"ticket" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.