Tüll

[tʏl]

/[tʏl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tüll” is uncommon German (frequency #82,237 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,237
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein sehr dünner, leichter Stoff

Corpus desk

Index DE-tull · Tüll · German

Tüll · rank #82,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,237
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tätigkeitsfel…

Nearest frequency peer: Tätigkeitsfelder (-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 „Tüll“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tüll“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tüll
PropertyValue
HeadwordTüll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʏl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#82,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tüll“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Tüllfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tätigkeitsfelder“ (#82,236), „Türschwelle“ (#82,239), „trusted“ (#82,234). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tüll“ bei #82,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tüll is uncommon German at frequency #82,237 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʏl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein sehr dünner, leichter Stoff".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tüll, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tüll, spelled T-Ü-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein sehr dünner, leichter Stoff

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tüll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er gründete 1827 in Wien eine Firma, die sich mit dem Vertrieb von Tüll und Spitzen befaßte, die aus England importiert wurden.“
  2. „Wobei der gebauschte Tüll um ihren Kopf zu einem Imker wohl besser gepasst hätte als zu einer Braut.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tüll"?
"Tüll" is spelled T-Ü-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [tʏl].
What does "Tüll" mean?
As a noun, "Tüll" means: ein sehr dünner, leichter Stoff
How do you pronounce "Tüll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tüll" is [tʏl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tüll" come from?
"Tüll" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tüll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shoe#82,135yuko#82,374rall#82,025Adem#82,455

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list