Tampere

name

"tampere" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tampere” is uncommon English (frequency #69,492 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,492
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.

Key facts for Tampere
PropertyValue
HeadwordTampere
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,492
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tampere” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Tampere lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tampere is uncommon English at frequency #69,492 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.".

Tampere has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Finnish Tampere. The correct English form is Tampere, spelled T-A-M-P-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Tampere.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tampere"?
"Tampere" is spelled T-A-M-P-E-R-E.
What does "Tampere" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tampere" means: A municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.
What is the origin of the word "Tampere"?
Borrowed from Finnish Tampere. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Tampere”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-A-M-P-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list