tigris

/[ˈtiɡriʃ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,842

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

tigris is aGermannoun. It means: Tiger Pronounced [ˈtiɡriʃ].

Key facts for tigris
PropertyValue
Headwordtigris
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiɡriʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for tigris is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtiɡriʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,842 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tiger".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for tigris in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 tigris, spelled T-I-G-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiger

Frequency rank: #63,842 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tigris"?
"tigris" is spelled T-I-G-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiɡriʃ].
What does "tigris" mean?
As a noun, "tigris" means: Tiger
How do you pronounce "tigris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tigris" is [ˈtiɡriʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tigris" come from?
"tigris" 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.