Trossingen

[ˈtʁɔsɪŋən]

/[ˈtʁɔsɪŋən]/ name

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The verdict

“Trossingen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,254 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,254
frequency rank, German
35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Key facts for Trossingen
PropertyValue
HeadwordTrossingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtʁɔsɪŋən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Trossingen” 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). Trossingen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Trossingen is uncommon German at frequency #59,254 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtʁɔsɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Trossingen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Trossingen, spelled T-R-O-S-S-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

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 "Trossingen"?
"Trossingen" is spelled T-R-O-S-S-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁɔsɪŋən].
What does "Trossingen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Trossingen" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Trossingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Trossingen" is [ˈtʁɔsɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Trossingen" come from?
"Trossingen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Trossingen”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is T-R-O-S-S-I-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈtʁɔsɪŋən] (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

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