Tiger

/[ˈtiːɡɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,730

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Tiger is aGermannoun. It means: (in Asien beheimatetes, zu den Großkatzen zählendes) sehr kräftiges, solitär lebendes Raubtier , dessen charakteristisches Fell, je nach Unterart, blass rötlich gelb bis rotbraun (Kopf- und Rumpfun... Pronounced [ˈtiːɡɐ]. It ranks #6,730 in German word frequency. Often confused with time and tine.

Key facts for Tiger
PropertyValue
HeadwordTiger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːɡɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,730
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tiger is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtiːɡɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,730 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Tiger, with forms such as "itger", "tgier", and "tiegr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "time", "tine", "Titel", 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 Tiger, spelled T-I-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (in Asien beheimatetes, zu den Großkatzen zählendes) sehr kräftiges, solitär lebendes Raubtier , dessen charakteristisches Fell, je nach Unterart, blass rötlich gelb bis rotbraun (Kopf- und Rumpfunterseite sowie Beininnenseite jedoch weiß) gefärbt ist und schwarzbraune bis schwarze Querstreifen aufweist
  2. 2
    Katze, deren Fellmusterung an die der unter [1] beschriebenen Großkatze erinnert

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itger,tgier,tiegr,tigerr,tigger,tigre,ttiger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tiger

Misspelling Variants of "Tiger"

itger5tgier5tiegr5tigerr6tigger6tigre5ttiger6
Misspelling Variants of "Tiger"

Frequency rank: #6,730 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tiger"?
"Tiger" is spelled T-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːɡɐ].
What does "Tiger" mean?
As a noun, "Tiger" means: (in Asien beheimatetes, zu den Großkatzen zählendes) sehr kräftiges, solitär lebendes Raubtier , dessen charakteristisches Fell, je nach Unterart, blass rötlich gelb bis rotbraun (Kopf- und Rumpfun...
What words are commonly confused with "Tiger"?
"Tiger" is commonly confused with "time", "tine", "Titel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tiger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tiger" is [ˈtiːɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tiger" come from?
"Tiger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.