TochtervsTücherWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#726
“Tochter” frequency rank
#26,198
“Tücher” frequency rank
26924
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tochter Tücher
Definition weiblicher, direkter Nachkomme, direkte Nachkommin Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tuch

Where the eye mixes Tochter and Tücher

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Tochter runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against Tücher's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Tochter
6 ch
Tücher

Visual trap between Tochter and Tücher

A purely visual mix-up. Tochter ([ˈtɔxtɐ]) and Tücher ([ˈtyːçɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tochter is recorded at frequency rank #726, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɔxtɐ]. Tücher is at rank #26,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtyːçɐ].

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 26924, this pair ranks #1,810,161 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tochter vs Tücher

Shared letters: cehrt. Private to "Tochter": o. Private to "Tücher": ü.

"Tochter" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "Tücher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tochter ← otchter · tcohter · tocchter · tochetr · tochhter · tochterr · tochtre · tochtter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Tochter" and "Tücher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈtɔxtɐ] versus [ˈtyːçɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Tochter" vs "Tücher" - which ranks higher?
"Tochter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #726 in our German list, against #26,198 for "Tücher". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tochter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tücher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,810,161 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tochter" and "Tücher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Trucker vs Tücher". 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 #1,810,161 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