Dörfchen
[ˈdœʁfçən]
The verdict
“Dörfchen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,600 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,600
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines Dorf
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dörfchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdœʁfçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dörfchen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dörfchen is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdœʁfçən]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,600 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleines Dorf".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dörfchen, with forms such as "ddörfchen", "dröfchen", and "döfrchen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Dorfen", "Drachen", "dörflichen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dörfchen, spelled D-Ö-R-F-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Dorf
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddörfchen,dröfchen,döfrchen,dörcfhen,dörfcchen,dörfcehn,dörfchenn,dörfchhen,dörfchne,dörffchen,dörfhcen,dörrfchen,ödrfchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dörfchen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Dörfchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-Ö-R-F-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdœʁfçən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Dorfen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dörfchen vs Dorfen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.