travail
[tχaˈvaj]
The verdict
“travail” is uncommon German (frequency #81,032 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,032
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-travail · travail · German
travail · rank #81,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,032
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Traumas
Nearest frequency peer: Traumas (-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 “travail”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- trampeln
trampeln
18,972 corpus weight
- Traumas
Traumas
18,970 corpus weight
- travail
travail
18,969 corpus weight
- Treibjagd
Treibjagd
18,968 corpus weight
- Treibstoffe
Treibstoffe
18,967 corpus weight
- Trenton
Trenton
18,966 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “travail” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travail |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tχaˈvaj] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “travail” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
travail is uncommon German at frequency #81,032 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tχaˈvaj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for travail in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is travail, spelled T-R-A-V-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Arbeit
- 2Geburtswehen
- 3Notstall: Vorrichtung zum Beschlagen von Pferden, Horntieren und Eseln
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "travail", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.