tukan
[d̥͡suˈɡ̊ʰæˀn]
The verdict
“tukan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tukan
Corpus desk
Index DE-tukan · tukan · German
tukan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tukan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̥͡suˈɡ̊ʰæˀn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tukan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tukan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̥͡suˈɡ̊ʰæˀn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tukan".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tukan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is tukan, spelled T-U-K-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tukan
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.