Tyrannosaurus

[tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]

/[tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tyrannosaurus” is uncommon German (frequency #96,392 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,392
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter einer Gattung großer fleischfressender Dinosaurier aus der späten Kreidezeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-tyrannosaurus · Tyrannosaurus · German

Tyrannosaurus · rank #96,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,392
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH turbulenter

Nearest frequency peer: turbulenter (-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 „Tyrannosaurus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tyrannosaurus
PropertyValue
HeadwordTyrannosaurus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,392
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tyrannosaurus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tyrannosaurusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „turbulenter“ (#96,391), „tröstende“ (#96,390), „UAE“ (#96,395). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tyrannosaurus“ bei #96,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tyrannosaurus is uncommon German at frequency #96,392 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter einer Gattung großer fleischfressender Dinosaurier aus der späten Kreidezeit".

Tyrannosaurus has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tyrannosaurus, spelled T-Y-R-A-N-N-O-S-A-U-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertreter einer Gattung großer fleischfressender Dinosaurier aus der späten Kreidezeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Tyrannosaurus ist sicher einer der bekanntesten Dinosaurier und gehörte zu den letzten großen Fleischfressern vor dem großen Aussterben vor ca. 66 Millionen Jahren. Er war nicht das größte, sicher aber eines der gefährlichsten Raubtiere dieser Zeit.“
  2. „Dinosaurier wie der Tyrannosaurus rex werden oft als furchteinflößende Kreaturen dargestellt: Sie reißen ihr Maul auf, fletschen die Zähne und strecken ihre Zunge weit heraus, so als wären sie gigantische Eidechsen. Forscher der Universität von Texas in Austin und der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften haben aber nun entdeckt, dass die Dinosaurier…

Synonyms

Tyrannosaurier

This word in other languages

tyrannosaur(English)tyrannosaure(Français)

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 "Tyrannosaurus"?
"Tyrannosaurus" is spelled T-Y-R-A-N-N-O-S-A-U-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs].
What does "Tyrannosaurus" mean?
As a noun, "Tyrannosaurus" means: Vertreter einer Gattung großer fleischfressender Dinosaurier aus der späten Kreidezeit
How do you pronounce "Tyrannosaurus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tyrannosaurus" is [tyʁanoˈzaʊ̯ʁʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tyrannosaurus" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

umentschieden#96,397umständlichen#96,400umzuschreiben#96,401unbedeutendes#96,402

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list