Todesanzeige
[ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Todesanzeige” is uncommon German (frequency #63,844 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,844
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anzeige, mit der der Tod einer Person öffentlich mitgeteilt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Todesanzeige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Todesanzeige” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Todesanzeige is uncommon German at frequency #63,844 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːdəsˌʔant͡saɪ̯ɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Todesanzeige in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct German form is Todesanzeige, spelled T-O-D-E-S-A-N-Z-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Anzeige, mit der der Tod einer Person öffentlich mitgeteilt wird
- 2gedruckte briefliche Mitteilung über den Tod einer Person
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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.
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Using “Todesanzeige”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-D-E-S-A-N-Z-E-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.