Turmbau
[ˈtʊʁmˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Turmbau” is uncommon German (frequency #81,042 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,042
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Errichtung eines Bauwerks mit viel Höhe und wenig Breite
Corpus desk
Index DE-turmbau · Turmbau · German
Turmbau · rank #81,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH tugendhaft
Nearest frequency peer: tugendhaft (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Turmbau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tugendhaft
tugendhaft
18,960 corpus weight
- Turmbau
Turmbau
18,959 corpus weight
- Turnbeutel
Turnbeutel
18,958 corpus weight
- Turnerinnen
Turnerinnen
18,957 corpus weight
- Tutte
Tutte
18,956 corpus weight
- twisted
twisted
18,955 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Turmbau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Turmbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʊʁmˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Turmbau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Turmbau is uncommon German at frequency #81,042 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʊʁmˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Turmbau in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Turmbau, spelled T-U-R-M-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Errichtung eines Bauwerks mit viel Höhe und wenig Breite
- 2das errichte Bauwerk selbst
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Turmbau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.