teckel

\te.kɛl\

/\te.kɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“teckel” is uncommon French (frequency #78,901 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,901
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race de chien originaire d’Allemagne, basset (chien long et court sur pattes), à poil long, ras ou dur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-teckel · teckel · French

teckel · rank #78,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,901
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tav

Nearest frequency peer: tav (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « teckel »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « teckel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for teckel
PropertyValue
Headwordteckel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.kɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,901
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « teckel » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.teckeltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tav » (#78,900), « tarin » (#78,899), « teniez » (#78,903). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « teckel » est au #78,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

teckel is uncommon French at frequency #78,901 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.kɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de chien originaire d’Allemagne, basset (chien long et court sur pattes), à poil long, ras ou dur.".

teckel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is teckel, spelled T-E-C-K-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race de chien originaire d’Allemagne, basset (chien long et court sur pattes), à poil long, ras ou dur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle en a élevé une trentaine sur des générations, avec une préférence pour la race Pembroke, mais a aussi créé le « dorgi », croisement du corgi et du teckel.
  2. Les teckels forment le groupe 4 du classement des races de chien par la société centrale canine ou SCC.

Synonyms

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teckel"?
"teckel" is spelled T-E-C-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \te.kɛl\.
What does "teckel" mean?
As a noun, "teckel" means: Race de chien originaire d’Allemagne, basset (chien long et court sur pattes), à poil long, ras ou dur.
How do you pronounce "teckel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teckel" is \te.kɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teckel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list