tüpfeln
[ˈtʏp͡fl̩n]
The verdict
“tüpfeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - mit kleinen (eher runden) Flecken (Tupfen, Tüpfelchen) versehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tupfeln · tüpfeln · German
tüpfeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | tüpfeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʏp͡fl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tüpfeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tüpfeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtʏp͡fl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit kleinen (eher runden) Flecken (Tupfen, Tüpfelchen) versehen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tüpfeln in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 tüpfeln, spelled T-Ü-P-F-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit kleinen (eher runden) Flecken (Tupfen, Tüpfelchen) versehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tüpfeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Leuchtend grüne Augen tauchten zwischen den wilden roten Locken auf,und auf ihrer Alabasterhaut tüpfelte eine Vielzahl blasser Sommersprossen ihre Wangenknochen und den Nasenrücken.“
Die Flügel des Schmetterlinges sind in verschiedenen Grüntönen getüpfelt.
Antonyms
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.