Tierreich

[ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç]

/[ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tierreich” is uncommon German (frequency #50,927 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,927
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Tiere in systematisch-taxonomischer Sicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-tierreich · Tierreich · German

Tierreich · rank #50,927 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,927
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH thüringische

Nearest frequency peer: thüringische (-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 „Tierreich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tierreich
PropertyValue
HeadwordTierreich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tierreich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „thüringische“ (#50,926), „Tiflis“ (#50,928), „Thule“ (#50,925). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tierreich“ bei #50,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tierreich is uncommon German at frequency #50,927 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit aller Tiere in systematisch-taxonomischer Sicht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tierreich, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Tierreich, spelled T-I-E-R-R-E-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit aller Tiere in systematisch-taxonomischer Sicht

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Im ganzen Tierreich gilt: Wer Raubtieren besser entkommen kann, lebt länger.“

Antonyms

Pflanzenreich

This word in other languages

règne animal(Français)

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 "Tierreich"?
"Tierreich" is spelled T-I-E-R-R-E-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç].
What does "Tierreich" mean?
As a noun, "Tierreich" means: Gesamtheit aller Tiere in systematisch-taxonomischer Sicht
How do you pronounce "Tierreich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tierreich" is [ˈtiːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯ç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tierreich" come from?
"Tierreich" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Typologie#50,946täuschend#50,947Umkreisen#50,952spotlight#50,898

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list