Tintenfisch
[ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ]
The verdict
“Tintenfisch” is uncommon German (frequency #66,771 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,771
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilgruppe der Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda), die sich durch den Besitz eines Tintenbeutels auszeichnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tintenfisch · Tintenfisch · German
Tintenfisch · rank #66,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,771
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Timotheus
Nearest frequency peer: Timotheus (-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 „Tintenfisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tierschutzg…
Tierschutzgesetz
33,233 corpus weight
- tik
tik
33,232 corpus weight
- Timotheus
Timotheus
33,231 corpus weight
- Tintenfisch
Tintenfisch
33,230 corpus weight
- Tirschenreu…
Tirschenreuth
33,229 corpus weight
- Titelmelodie
Titelmelodie
33,228 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tintenfisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tintenfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tintenfisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tintenfisch is uncommon German at frequency #66,771 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɪntn̩ˌfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teilgruppe der Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda), die sich durch den Besitz eines Tintenbeutels auszeichnen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tintenfisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Tintenfisch, spelled T-I-N-T-E-N-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Teilgruppe der Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda), die sich durch den Besitz eines Tintenbeutels auszeichnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tintenfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit Jahrmillionen bevölkern Tintenfische, jene räuberischen Weichtiere, alle Meere der Welt.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).