TäternvsTatortWhich spelling fits?

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“Tätern” and “Tatort” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,304
“Tätern” frequency rank
#3,489
“Tatort” frequency rank
19793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tätern Tatort
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Täter Ort, an dem eine Straftat stattfand

Where the eye mixes Tätern and Tatort

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Tätern and Tatort follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Tätern
6 ch
Tatort

Look-alike desk: Tätern vs Tatort

A purely visual mix-up. Tätern ([ˈtɛːtɐn]) and Tatort ([ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tätern is recorded at frequency rank #16,304, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɛːtɐn]. Tatort is at rank #3,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19793, this pair ranks #1,904,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tätern vs Tatort

Shared letters: rt. Private to "Tätern": enä. Private to "Tatort": ao.

"Tätern" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "Tatort" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tatort ← attort · taotrt · tatorrt · tatortt · tatotr · tatrot · tattort · ttaort

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tätern" and "Tatort" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtɛːtɐn] versus [ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Tätern" vs "Tatort" - which ranks higher?
"Tatort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,489 in our German list, against #16,304 for "Tätern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Tätern" and "Tatort" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tätern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tatort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,904,540 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tätern" and "Tatort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tätern vs Taxen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,904,540 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list