twelve
[twɛlv]
The verdict
“twelve” is uncommon German (frequency #70,900 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,900
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | twelve |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [twɛlv] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “twelve” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
twelve is uncommon German at frequency #70,900 among 35,386 “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
- 1Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn; zwölf
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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Using “twelve”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-W-E-L-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.