Tranche

[tʁɑ̃ːʃ]

/[tʁɑ̃ːʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tranche” is uncommon German (frequency #87,151 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,151
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil eines Ganzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-tranche · Tranche · German

Tranche · rank #87,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,151
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Transplantati…

Nearest frequency peer: Transplantationen (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Tranche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tranche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tranche
PropertyValue
HeadwordTranche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁɑ̃ːʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tranche“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tranchefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Transplantationen“ (#87,152), „Todfeind“ (#87,149), „traverse“ (#87,153). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tranche“ bei #87,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tranche is uncommon German at frequency #87,151 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁɑ̃ːʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil eines Ganzen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Tranche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Tranche, spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teil eines Ganzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Tranche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die erste Tranche der Lieferung kommt morgen.

This word in other languages

part(English)

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 "Tranche"?
"Tranche" is spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁɑ̃ːʃ].
What does "Tranche" mean?
As a noun, "Tranche" means: Teil eines Ganzen
How do you pronounce "Tranche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tranche" is [tʁɑ̃ːʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tranche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tianjin#87,145Triebes#87,157trotzte#87,160Tschudi#87,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list