tok
[tɔk]
The verdict
“tok” is uncommon German (frequency #67,789 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,789
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fließende Flüssigkeit, oder auch ein anderes Medium; Strom, Strömung, Fluss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tok |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #67,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tok” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tok is uncommon German at frequency #67,789 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tok, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is tok, spelled T-O-K.
Definition
- 1fließende Flüssigkeit, oder auch ein anderes Medium; Strom, Strömung, Fluss
- 2bestimmter Abschnitt eines Wasserlaufs; Strom, Fluss, Lauf
- 3Verhalten einiger Vogelarten bei der Partnersuche; Balz
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.
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Using “tok”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tɔk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.