Twitter

/[ˈtvɪtɐ]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,790

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Twitter is aGermanname. It means: ein Internetdienst zur schnellen Übermittlung von Informationen Pronounced [ˈtvɪtɐ]. It ranks #1,790 in German word frequency. Often confused with twittern and twittert.

Key facts for Twitter
PropertyValue
HeadwordTwitter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈtvɪtɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,790
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Twitter in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Twitter is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtvɪtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,790 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Internetdienst zur schnellen Übermittlung von Informationen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Twitter, with forms such as "tiwtter", "ttwitter", and "twiter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "twittern", "twittert", "twitterte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Twitter, spelled T-W-I-T-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Internetdienst zur schnellen Übermittlung von Informationen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tiwtter,ttwitter,twiter,twitetr,twitterr,twittre,twtiter,twwitter,wtitter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Twitter

Misspelling Variants of "Twitter"

tiwtter7ttwitter8twiter6twitetr7twitterr8twittre7twtiter7twwitter8
Misspelling Variants of "Twitter"

Frequency rank: #1,790 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Twitter"?
"Twitter" is spelled T-W-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtvɪtɐ].
What does "Twitter" mean?
As a name, "Twitter" means: ein Internetdienst zur schnellen Übermittlung von Informationen
What words are commonly confused with "Twitter"?
"Twitter" is commonly confused with "twittern", "twittert", "twitterte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Twitter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Twitter" is [ˈtvɪtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Twitter" come from?
"Twitter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.