Troubadour
[tʁuːbaˈduːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Troubadour” is uncommon German (frequency #84,685 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,685
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - provenzalischer Dichter, Komponist oder Sänger höfischer Liebeslieder des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts
Corpus desk
Index DE-troubadour · Troubadour · German
Troubadour · rank #84,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,685
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tresore
Nearest frequency peer: Tresore (-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 „Troubadour“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Traumurlaub
Traumurlaub
15,319 corpus weight
- trenn
trenn
15,318 corpus weight
- Tresore
Tresore
15,317 corpus weight
- Troubadour
Troubadour
15,316 corpus weight
- Trägerinnen
Trägerinnen
15,315 corpus weight
- Typographie
Typographie
15,314 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Troubadour“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Troubadour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁuːbaˈduːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Troubadour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Troubadour is uncommon German at frequency #84,685 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁuːbaˈduːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "provenzalischer Dichter, Komponist oder Sänger höfischer Liebeslieder des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Troubadour, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Troubadour, spelled T-R-O-U-B-A-D-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1provenzalischer Dichter, Komponist oder Sänger höfischer Liebeslieder des 11. und 12. Jahrhunderts
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Troubadour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„… Ihrem feinen künstlerischen Empfinden war es nicht entgangen, wo hier das Problem lag: Die Liebeslieder der Troubadours, lyrischer Ausdruck einer, ihrer Natur nach, männlichen Leidenschaft, büßen immer etwas von ihrem Charakter ein, wirken künstlich, wenn sie von einer Frau gesungen werden, … Montserrat legte mir sofort ihre Lösung des Problems dar: „W…
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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