Travestie
[tʁavɛsˈtiː]
The verdict
“Travestie” is an uncommon German word, ranked #85,952 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,952
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - komisch-satirische, literarische Gattung; Nachahmung eines Werks durch die Darstellung des ernsten Inhalts in einem verzerrenden, übertreibenden oder verspottenden, komischen Gewand; Beibehaltung d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Travestie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁavɛsˈtiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Travestie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Travestie is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tʁavɛsˈtiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,952 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Travestie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Travestie, spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1komisch-satirische, literarische Gattung; Nachahmung eines Werks durch die Darstellung des ernsten Inhalts in einem verzerrenden, übertreibenden oder verspottenden, komischen Gewand; Beibehaltung des Inhalts, jedoch Verwendung einer anderen, nicht dazu passenden Form
- 2; Gesamtheit dessen, was mit der Travestieshow, der weiblichen Kostümierung von Männern zusammenhängt
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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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Using “Travestie”
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- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-V-E-S-T-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tʁavɛsˈtiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.