Tweed
[tviːt]
The verdict
“Tweed” is uncommon German (frequency #56,600 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,600
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein dichtes Gewebe aus Wolle
Corpus desk
Index DE-tweed · Tweed · German
Tweed · rank #56,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,600
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Turniersieger
Nearest frequency peer: Turniersieger (-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 „Tweed“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tulpe
Tulpe
43,404 corpus weight
- Tumors
Tumors
43,403 corpus weight
- Turniersieg…
Turniersieger
43,402 corpus weight
- Tweed
Tweed
43,401 corpus weight
- umgebaute
umgebaute
43,399 corpus weight
- umsetzten
umsetzten
43,398 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tweed“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tweed |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tviːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tweed“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tweed is uncommon German at frequency #56,600 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tviːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein dichtes Gewebe aus Wolle".
Zero misspellings are on record for Tweed in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Tweed, spelled T-W-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1ein dichtes Gewebe aus Wolle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tweed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im kommenden Winter ist Tweed aus der Mode nicht wegzudenken.“
This word in other languages
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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