Treibsand
[ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]
The verdict
“Treibsand” is uncommon German (frequency #97,836 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,836
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand
Corpus desk
Index DE-treibsand · Treibsand · German
Treibsand · rank #97,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,836
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Traunsee
Nearest frequency peer: Traunsee (-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 „Treibsand“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tranchen
Tranchen
2,169 corpus weight
- transzenden…
transzendentale
2,168 corpus weight
- Traunsee
Traunsee
2,166 corpus weight
- Treibsand
Treibsand
2,165 corpus weight
- Trenner
Trenner
2,164 corpus weight
- tretenden
tretenden
2,163 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Treibsand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Treibsand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Treibsand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Treibsand is uncommon German at frequency #97,836 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌzant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Treibsand in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Treibsand, spelled T-R-E-I-B-S-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1von fließenden Gewässern oder Wind transportierter Sand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Treibsand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Treibsand lagert sich an den langsam fließenden Flussstellen ab.
„Vor dem Versicherungsbüro hatte sich so viel Treibsand angestaut, dass wir uns nur einer nach dem anderen und mit angehaltenem Atem durch die Tür zwängen konnten.“
Synonyms
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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