TKG
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The verdict
“TKG” is uncommon German (frequency #77,422 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,422
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Telekommunikationsgesetz
Corpus desk
Index DE-tkg · TKG · German
TKG · rank #77,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,422
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Tijuana
Nearest frequency peer: Tijuana (-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 “TKG”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tiefflug
Tiefflug
22,582 corpus weight
- Tigern
Tigern
22,581 corpus weight
- Tijuana
Tijuana
22,580 corpus weight
- TKG
TKG
22,579 corpus weight
- Tochterfirm…
Tochterfirmen
22,578 corpus weight
- Tomatensaft
Tomatensaft
22,577 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “TKG” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | TKG |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “TKG” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
TKG is uncommon German at frequency #77,422 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for TKG, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 TKG, spelled T-K-G.
Definition
- 1Telekommunikationsgesetz
- 2Textilkennzeichnungsgesetz
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.