Tune
[ˈtuːnə]
The verdict
“Tune” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,116 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,116
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tun
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tune |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtuːnə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tune” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Tune is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtuːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,116 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Tune has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Tune, spelled T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tun
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tun
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Tun
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Tun
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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Using “Tune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtuːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.