Touchscreens

[ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns]

/[ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns]/ noun

The verdict

“Touchscreens” is uncommon German (frequency #85,945 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,945
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Touchscreen

Corpus desk

Index DE-touchscreens · Touchscreens · German

Touchscreens · rank #85,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,945
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tou

Nearest frequency peer: tou (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Touchscreens”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Touchscreens” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Touchscreens
PropertyValue
HeadwordTouchscreens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Touchscreens” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Touchscreensliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „tou“ (#85,944), „township“ (#85,946), „tost“ (#85,943). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Touchscreens is uncommon German at frequency #85,945 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Touchscreens has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 Touchscreens, spelled T-O-U-C-H-S-C-R-E-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Touchscreen
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Touchscreen
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Touchscreen
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Touchscreen
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Touchscreen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Touchscreens"?
"Touchscreens" is spelled T-O-U-C-H-S-C-R-E-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns].
What does "Touchscreens" mean?
As a noun, "Touchscreens" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Touchscreen
How do you pronounce "Touchscreens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Touchscreens" is [ˈtat͡ʃskʁiːns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Touchscreens" come from?
"Touchscreens" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Touchscreens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list