Folter
[ˈfɔltɐ]
The verdict
“Folter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,364
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Misshandlung oder das Zufügen von körperlichen und seelischen Schmerzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-folter · Folter · German
Folter · rank #8,364 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,364
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Feierabend
Nearest frequency peer: Feierabend (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Folter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- falsches
falsches
91,640 corpus weight
- Feder
Feder
91,639 corpus weight
- Feierabend
Feierabend
91,638 corpus weight
- Folter
Folter
91,637 corpus weight
- Forst
Forst
91,636 corpus weight
- fortan
fortan
91,635 corpus weight
What this shows „Folter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Folter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔltɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Folter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Folter (IPA [ˈfɔltɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,364 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Folter, with forms such as "ffolter", "floter", and "foletr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foyer", "forte", "Futter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Folter, spelled F-O-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1die Misshandlung oder das Zufügen von körperlichen und seelischen Schmerzen
- 2langes Warten, Qual, Pein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Folter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter Folter gestand er alles.
„Es ist jetzt schon ein Erfolg, wenn die Ehefrau eines Inhaftierten keine Spuren von Folter im Gesicht ihres Mannes entdeckt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffolter
- floter
- foletr
- follter
- folterr
- foltre
- foltter
- fotler
- oflter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Folter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Folter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).