Tiefpunkt
[ˈtiːfˌpʊnkt]
The verdict
“Tiefpunkt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,085 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,085
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Der niedrigste Punkt einer Bahn, einer Entwicklung
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tiefpunkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtiːfˌpʊnkt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tiefpunkt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Tiefpunkt is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtiːfˌpʊnkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,085 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tiefpunkt, with forms such as "itefpunkt", "teifpunkt", and "tieffpunkt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Treffpunkt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tiefpunkt, spelled T-I-E-F-P-U-N-K-T.
Definition
- 1Der niedrigste Punkt einer Bahn, einer Entwicklung
- 2lokales Minimum einer Funktion
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itefpunkt,teifpunkt,tieffpunkt,tiefpnukt,tiefppunkt,tiefpuknt,tiefpunkkt,tiefpunktt,tiefpunnkt,tiefpuntk,tiefupnkt,tiepfunkt,tifepunkt,ttiefpunkt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tiefpunkt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Tiefpunkt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-I-E-F-P-U-N-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtiːfˌpʊnkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Treffpunkt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Tiefpunkt vs Treffpunkt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.