Timbre
[ˈtɛ̃ːbʁə]
The verdict
“Timbre” is uncommon German (frequency #89,670 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,670
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - charakteristische Klangfarbe eines Tones, die sich aus Grundton, Obertönen, Geräuschen, Lautstärke und dem zeitlichen Verlauf der Gesamtheit der Frequenzen ergibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-timbre · Timbre · German
Timbre · rank #89,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,670
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tischchen
Nearest frequency peer: Tischchen (+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 „Timbre“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Thot
Thot
10,335 corpus weight
- Thrombozyten
Thrombozyten
10,334 corpus weight
- Tierheime
Tierheime
10,333 corpus weight
- Timbre
Timbre
10,331 corpus weight
- Tischchen
Tischchen
10,330 corpus weight
- todkranken
todkranken
10,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Timbre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Timbre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛ̃ːbʁə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Timbre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Timbre is uncommon German at frequency #89,670 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛ̃ːbʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Timbre, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Timbre, spelled T-I-M-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1charakteristische Klangfarbe eines Tones, die sich aus Grundton, Obertönen, Geräuschen, Lautstärke und dem zeitlichen Verlauf der Gesamtheit der Frequenzen ergibt
- 2besondere Klangfarbe/Schwingung der Stimme beim Sprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Timbre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eingepackt in ein oranges Batikmusterkleid, lockte sie im Großen Festspielhaus mit glockenhellem Timbre in üppige Gefilde.
Was vermarktbar war, das war das strahlende Timbre und die bald perfektionierte optische Präsentation der massiven Gestalt inklusive geschwenktem weißen Taschentuch, das zum Markenzeichen wurde.
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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