Traversflöte
[tʁaˈvɛʁsˌfløːtə]
The verdict
“Traversflöte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Flöte, die beim Blasen quer gehalten wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Traversflöte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁaˈvɛʁsˌfløːtə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Traversflöte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Traversflöte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁaˈvɛʁsˌfløːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flöte, die beim Blasen quer gehalten wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Traversflöte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Traversflöte, spelled T-R-A-V-E-R-S-F-L-Ö-T-E.
Definition
- 1Flöte, die beim Blasen quer gehalten wird
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.
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Using “Traversflöte”
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- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-V-E-R-S-F-L-Ö-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tʁaˈvɛʁsˌfløːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.