toil
[tɔɪl]
The verdict
“toil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - harte Arbeit, Schufterei, Mühsal
Corpus desk
Index DE-toil · toil · German
toil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | toil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔɪl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „toil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
toil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "harte Arbeit, Schufterei, Mühsal".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for toil, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is toil, spelled T-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1harte Arbeit, Schufterei, Mühsal
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.