Timmermann
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The verdict
“Timmermann” is uncommon German (frequency #81,017 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,017
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zimmermann
Corpus desk
Index DE-timmermann · Timmermann · German
Timmermann · rank #81,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,017
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH tiefschwarz
Nearest frequency peer: tiefschwarz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Timmermann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ticketverka…
Ticketverkauf
18,987 corpus weight
- tiefschwarz
tiefschwarz
18,985 corpus weight
- Timmermann
Timmermann
18,984 corpus weight
- tini
tini
18,983 corpus weight
- Tischtuch
Tischtuch
18,982 corpus weight
- Titelvertei…
Titelverteidigerin
18,981 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Timmermann” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Timmermann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Timmermann” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Timmermann is uncommon German at frequency #81,017 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zimmermann".
Timmermann has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Timmermann, spelled T-I-M-M-E-R-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Zimmermann
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.