Tunnelblick

[ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk]

/[ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tunnelblick” is uncommon German (frequency #70,898 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,898
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einengung des Sichtfeldes

Corpus desk

Index DE-tunnelblick · Tunnelblick · German

Tunnelblick · rank #70,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,898
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tunesische

Nearest frequency peer: tunesische (-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 „Tunnelblick“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tunnelblick
PropertyValue
HeadwordTunnelblick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tunnelblick“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tunnelblickfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tunesische“ (#70,897), „Tulsa“ (#70,896), „twelve“ (#70,900). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tunnelblick“ bei #70,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tunnelblick is uncommon German at frequency #70,898 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tunnelblick, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tunnelblick, spelled T-U-N-N-E-L-B-L-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einengung des Sichtfeldes
  2. 2
    Einengung des Sichtfeldes durch Überforderung des Gehirns
  3. 3
    begrenzte Sichtweise, die das Ausklammern von Teilbereichen beinhaltet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mit dem Alter kam der Tunnelblick.
  2. Im Rausch ließ der Tunnelblick sie nur die schönen Dinge sehen.

Synonyms

Röhrengesichtsfeld

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 "Tunnelblick"?
"Tunnelblick" is spelled T-U-N-N-E-L-B-L-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk].
What does "Tunnelblick" mean?
As a noun, "Tunnelblick" means: Einengung des Sichtfeldes
How do you pronounce "Tunnelblick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tunnelblick" is [ˈtʊnl̩ˌblɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tunnelblick" come from?
"Tunnelblick" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list