Torpedoboot
[tɔʁˈpeːdoˌboːt]
The verdict
“Torpedoboot” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativ kleines Kriegsschiff, dessen Bewaffnung hauptsächlich aus Torpedos besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-torpedoboot · Torpedoboot · German
Torpedoboot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Torpedoboot |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔʁˈpeːdoˌboːt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Torpedoboot“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Torpedoboot is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔʁˈpeːdoˌboːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativ kleines Kriegsschiff, dessen Bewaffnung hauptsächlich aus Torpedos besteht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Torpedoboot, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Torpedoboot, spelled T-O-R-P-E-D-O-B-O-O-T.
Definition
- 1relativ kleines Kriegsschiff, dessen Bewaffnung hauptsächlich aus Torpedos besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Torpedoboot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein englisches U-Boot hatte eins von unseren Torpedobooten beschossen.“
„Schon drehte das Torpedoboot wieder ab.“
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.