Titel

/[ˈtiːtl̩]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#725

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Titel is aGermannoun. It means: kennzeichnender Name beziehungsweise eindeutige Bezeichnung eines bestimmten künstlerischen Werkes; Überschrift eines Textes beziehungsweise Name eines Buches Pronounced [ˈtiːtl̩]. It ranks #725 in German word frequency. Often confused with Tote and Tüte.

Key facts for Titel
PropertyValue
HeadwordTitel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːtl̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#725
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Titel is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtiːtl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #725 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Titel, with forms such as "ittel", "tietl", and "titell". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tote", "Tüte", "total", 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 Titel, spelled T-I-T-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kennzeichnender Name beziehungsweise eindeutige Bezeichnung eines bestimmten künstlerischen Werkes; Überschrift eines Textes beziehungsweise Name eines Buches
  2. 2
    Auszeichnung einer Person
  3. 3
    Untergliederung eines Abschnitts beziehungsweise eines Unterabschnitts in Gesetzes- oder Vertragswerken
  4. 4
    Grundlage und Voraussetzung für die Zwangsvollstreckung durch die Justiz, insbesondere ein Urteil
  5. 5
    erkämpfte Bezeichnung einer bestimmten Platzierung beziehungsweise Ranges in einem Wettbewerb

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ittel,tietl,titell,tittel,ttiel,ttitel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Titel

Misspelling Variants of "Titel"

ittel5tietl5titell6tittel6ttiel5ttitel6
Misspelling Variants of "Titel"

Frequency rank: #725 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Titel"?
"Titel" is spelled T-I-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːtl̩].
What does "Titel" mean?
As a noun, "Titel" means: kennzeichnender Name beziehungsweise eindeutige Bezeichnung eines bestimmten künstlerischen Werkes; Überschrift eines Textes beziehungsweise Name eines Buches
What words are commonly confused with "Titel"?
"Titel" is commonly confused with "Tote", "Tüte", "total". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Titel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Titel" is [ˈtiːtl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Titel" come from?
"Titel" 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.