Tilapia
[tiˈlaːpi̯a]
The verdict
“Tilapia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Speisefisch genutzter Buntbarsch
Corpus desk
Index DE-tilapia · Tilapia · German
Tilapia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tilapia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tiˈlaːpi̯a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tilapia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tilapia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tiˈlaːpi̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Speisefisch genutzter Buntbarsch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tilapia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Tilapia, spelled T-I-L-A-P-I-A.
Definition
- 1als Speisefisch genutzter Buntbarsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tilapia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Abends tischte Tante Osewa Reis und gegrillten Tilapia mit Ingwer und rotem Pfeffer auf sowie knusprig gebratene Kochbananen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.