tulipán

[ˈtuʎipaːn]

/[ˈtuʎipaːn]/ noun

The verdict

“tulipán” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Liliengewächse; Tulpe

Corpus desk

Index DE-tulipan · tulipán · German

tulipán · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for tulipán
PropertyValue
Headwordtulipán
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtuʎipaːn]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tulipán“ im Deutschen

tulipánliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tulipán is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtuʎipaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Liliengewächse; Tulpe".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tulipán, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tulipán, spelled T-U-L-I-P-Á-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Liliengewächse; Tulpe

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tulipán"?
"tulipán" is spelled T-U-L-I-P-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtuʎipaːn].
What does "tulipán" mean?
As a noun, "tulipán" means: Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Liliengewächse; Tulpe
How do you pronounce "tulipán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tulipán" is [ˈtuʎipaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tulipán" come from?
"tulipán" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list