torture
[tɔːtʃə(r)]
The verdict
“torture” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Hinzufügen von starken Schmerzen zur Bestrafung oder Überredung
Corpus desk
Index DE-torture · torture · German
torture · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | torture |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔːtʃə(r)] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „torture“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
torture is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔːtʃə(r)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
torture has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is torture, spelled T-O-R-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1das Hinzufügen von starken Schmerzen zur Bestrafung oder Überredung
- 2große körperliche oder seelische Schmerzen oder Qualen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how torture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"The purpose of this book is not only to underscore that torture is a moral issue, beyond all partisan politics, but also to help religious communities mobilize against it, so that all loopholes permitting torture by any U.S. agencies. wether military or intelligence, might be eliminated."
Waiting for the answer was kind of a torture.
Synonyms
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.