twelve

[twɛlv]

/[twɛlv]/ num

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The verdict

“twelve” is uncommon German (frequency #70,900 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,900
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf

Corpus desk

Index DE-twelve · twelve · German

twelve · rank #70,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,900
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Typo

Nearest frequency peer: Typo (+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 „twelve“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for twelve
PropertyValue
Headwordtwelve
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[twɛlv]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,900
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „twelve“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).twelvefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Typo“ (#70,901), „Tunnelblick“ (#70,898), „tunesische“ (#70,897). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „twelve“ bei #70,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

twelve is uncommon German at frequency #70,900 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [twɛlv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf".

twelve doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is twelve, spelled T-W-E-L-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. There are twelve months in a year.

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 "twelve"?
"twelve" is spelled T-W-E-L-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [twɛlv].
What does "twelve" mean?
As a numeral, "twelve" means: Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf
How do you pronounce "twelve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "twelve" is [twɛlv]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "twelve" come from?
"twelve" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Treter#70,889titelt#70,881tables#70,864surren#70,858

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list