Tobel

[ˈtoːbl̩]

/[ˈtoːbl̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Tobel” is uncommon German (frequency #96,370 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,370
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enges Tal, tiefer Einschnitt im Gelände

Corpus desk

Index DE-tobel · Tobel · German

Tobel · rank #96,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,370
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tierra

Nearest frequency peer: tierra (-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 „Tobel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tobel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tobel
PropertyValue
HeadwordTobel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtoːbl̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tobel“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tobelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tierra“ (#96,369), „Todesrate“ (#96,371), „Tokios“ (#96,372). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tobel“ bei #96,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tobel is uncommon German at frequency #96,370 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "enges Tal, tiefer Einschnitt im Gelände".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tobel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Tobel, spelled T-O-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    enges Tal, tiefer Einschnitt im Gelände

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tobel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein 46 Jahre alter Autofahrer ist am Jochpass bei Bad Hindelang im Oberallgäu mit seinem Auto in einen Abhang gestürzt und schwer verletzt worden. […] Das Auto überschlug sich mehrmals und blieb etwa 200 Meter von der Straße entfernt in dem Tobel auf dem Dach liegen.“
  2. „Der Fussweg durchs Tobel ist erst wieder durchgehend begehbar, wenn sicher ist, dass nicht weiteres Gestein in die Tiefe zu stürzen droht […].“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tobel"?
"Tobel" is spelled T-O-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtoːbl̩].
What does "Tobel" mean?
As a noun, "Tobel" means: enges Tal, tiefer Einschnitt im Gelände
How do you pronounce "Tobel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tobel" is [ˈtoːbl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tobel" come from?
"Tobel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tobel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list