Trottoir
[tʁɔˈto̯aːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Trottoir” is uncommon German (frequency #83,398 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,398
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (durch eine Bordsteinkante von der Fahrbahn abgegrenzter, erhöhter) Weg für Fußgänger und Fußgängerinnen, der entlang einer Straße führt
Corpus desk
Index DE-trottoir · Trottoir · German
Trottoir · rank #83,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,398
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Trinkgelder
Nearest frequency peer: Trinkgelder (-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 „Trottoir“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- tren
tren
16,607 corpus weight
- Treppengelä…
Treppengeländer
16,606 corpus weight
- Trinkgelder
Trinkgelder
16,604 corpus weight
- Trottoir
Trottoir
16,603 corpus weight
- Troyes
Troyes
16,602 corpus weight
- tummelt
tummelt
16,599 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trottoir“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trottoir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁɔˈto̯aːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trottoir“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trottoir is uncommon German at frequency #83,398 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁɔˈto̯aːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(durch eine Bordsteinkante von der Fahrbahn abgegrenzter, erhöhter) Weg für Fußgänger und Fußgängerinnen, der entlang einer Straße führt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Trottoir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Trottoir, spelled T-R-O-T-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1(durch eine Bordsteinkante von der Fahrbahn abgegrenzter, erhöhter) Weg für Fußgänger und Fußgängerinnen, der entlang einer Straße führt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trottoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder müssen auf dem Trottoir gehen.
„Anſtatt der eleganten Spiegelſcheiben der großen Magazine trifft man gewöhnliche Warenbuden und billige Bazare, deren niedrige Arkaden am Trottoir entlang laufen; anſtatt der europäiſchen Hotels, Wirtshäuſer zweiten und dritten Ranges und Schnapskeller mit grellen Plakaten über der Thür.“
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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