Tüftler
[ˈtʏftlɐ]
The verdict
“Tüftler” is uncommon German (frequency #84,693 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,693
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bastler, jemand, der gerne Schwieriges herauszufinden versucht durch Herumbasteln, Ausprobieren und Nachdenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-tuftler · Tüftler · German
Tüftler · rank #84,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,693
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH tückische
Nearest frequency peer: tückische (-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 „Tüftler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tätigkeitsb…
Tätigkeitsbereich
15,312 corpus weight
- Tötungsdeli…
Tötungsdelikte
15,311 corpus weight
- tüchtiger
tüchtiger
15,310 corpus weight
- tückische
tückische
15,309 corpus weight
- Tüftler
Tüftler
15,308 corpus weight
- umfassender…
umfassenderen
15,305 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tüftler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tüftler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʏftlɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tüftler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tüftler is uncommon German at frequency #84,693 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʏftlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bastler, jemand, der gerne Schwieriges herauszufinden versucht durch Herumbasteln, Ausprobieren und Nachdenken".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tüftler, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Tüftler, spelled T-Ü-F-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bastler, jemand, der gerne Schwieriges herauszufinden versucht durch Herumbasteln, Ausprobieren und Nachdenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tüftler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der flugfähige Modellhubschrauber aus Leichtmetall, maßstabgerecht gebastelt von einem Tüftler, der plötzlich in Kalamitäten geraten ist, zählt zu den ungewöhnlichsten Pfändern.“
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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