Tisch

/[tɪʃ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,272

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Tisch is aGermannoun. It means: Möbelstück, das aus einer Platte mit vier oder drei Beinen oder mittigen Standfuß besteht Pronounced [tɪʃ]. It ranks #1,272 in German word frequency. Often confused with Tuch and Touch.

Key facts for Tisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordTisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tɪʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,272
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Tisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tisch is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,272 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Tisch, with forms such as "itsch", "ticsh", and "tiscch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Tuch", "Touch", "Tische", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Tisch, spelled T-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Möbelstück, das aus einer Platte mit vier oder drei Beinen oder mittigen Standfuß besteht
  2. 2
    um einen Tisch ^([1]) versammelte Gesellschaft
  3. 3
    Mahlzeit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itsch,ticsh,tiscch,tischh,tishc,tissch,tsich,ttisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tisch

Misspelling Variants of "Tisch"

itsch5ticsh5tiscch6tischh6tishc5tissch6tsich5ttisch6
Misspelling Variants of "Tisch"

Frequency rank: #1,272 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tisch"?
"Tisch" is spelled T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [tɪʃ].
What does "Tisch" mean?
As a noun, "Tisch" means: Möbelstück, das aus einer Platte mit vier oder drei Beinen oder mittigen Standfuß besteht
What words are commonly confused with "Tisch"?
"Tisch" is commonly confused with "Tuch", "Touch", "Tische". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tisch" is [tɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tisch" come from?
"Tisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.