toboggan
[to.bo.ɡɑ̃]
The verdict
“toboggan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rutsche
Corpus desk
Index DE-toboggan · toboggan · German
toboggan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toboggan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [to.bo.ɡɑ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „toboggan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
toboggan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [to.bo.ɡɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rutsche".
Zero misspellings are on record for toboggan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is toboggan, spelled T-O-B-O-G-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Rutsche
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.