tinto
[ˈtîːntɔ]
The verdict
“tinto” is uncommon German (frequency #82,217 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,217
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Vokativ Singular des Substantivs tinta
Corpus desk
Index DE-tinto · tinto · German
tinto · rank #82,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,217
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Titelkämpfen
Nearest frequency peer: Titelkämpfen (+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 “tinto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Textbuch
Textbuch
17,788 corpus weight
- themselves
themselves
17,787 corpus weight
- tinto
tinto
17,784 corpus weight
- Titelkämpfen
Titelkämpfen
17,783 corpus weight
- tobenden
tobenden
17,782 corpus weight
- todernst
todernst
17,781 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tinto” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinto |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtîːntɔ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tinto” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tinto is uncommon German at frequency #82,217 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtîːntɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vokativ Singular des Substantivs tinta".
tinto doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tinto, spelled T-I-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Vokativ Singular des Substantivs tinta
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.