treasure

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The verdict

“treasure” is uncommon German (frequency #57,474 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,474
frequency rank, German
35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Schatz

Key facts for treasure
PropertyValue
Headwordtreasure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,474
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “treasure” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). treasure lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

treasure is uncommon German at frequency #57,474 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for treasure, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 treasure, spelled T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Schatz
  2. 2
    der Schatz

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 "treasure"?
"treasure" is spelled T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "treasure" mean?
As a noun, "treasure" means: der Schatz
How do you pronounce "treasure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "treasure" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "treasure" come from?
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Using “treasure”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon German words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list