Tiegel
[ˈtiːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Tiegel” is uncommon German (frequency #76,275 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,275
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefäß zum Herstellen von Schmelzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tiegel · Tiegel · German
Tiegel · rank #76,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,275
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tisa
Nearest frequency peer: Tisa (+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 „Tiegel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Thessalien
Thessalien
23,730 corpus weight
- Theta
Theta
23,729 corpus weight
- throw
throw
23,728 corpus weight
- Tiegel
Tiegel
23,726 corpus weight
- Tisa
Tisa
23,725 corpus weight
- Tischbein
Tischbein
23,724 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tiegel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tiegel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtiːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tiegel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tiegel is uncommon German at frequency #76,275 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtiːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Tiegel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Tiegel, spelled T-I-E-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gefäß zum Herstellen von Schmelzen
- 2Bratpfanne mit oder ohne Stiel, auch flacher Topf
- 3Tiegeldruckpresse, Hochdruckmaschine als Kniehebelpresse im A4 und A3 Format
- 4kleines Gefäß oder Näpfchen mit kosmetischen Produkten (insbesondere Cremes)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tiegel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorsichtig stellte die Laborantin den kleinen Tiegel auf das Dreibein über dem Bunsenbrenner.
„Dr. Boule hatte mittlerweile in einem Tiegel wieder Gold flüssig gemacht und goß dieses nun über die Schamotteplatte in die Kuchenform.“
Synonyms
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.
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