foltern
[ˈfɔltɐn]
The verdict
“foltern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,302
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem (physisch oder psychisch) heftigen Schmerz zufügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-foltern · foltern · German
foltern · rank #27,302 · 11 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,302
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Flüchtlingshe…
Nearest frequency peer: Flüchtlingsheim (-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 „foltern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Flugzeugabs…
Flugzeugabsturz
72,702 corpus weight
- Fläschchen
Fläschchen
72,701 corpus weight
- Flüchtlings…
Flüchtlingsheim
72,700 corpus weight
- foltern
foltern
72,699 corpus weight
- Fossilien
Fossilien
72,698 corpus weight
- Fraktionsch…
Fraktionschef
72,697 corpus weight
What this shows „foltern“ 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 | foltern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔltɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „foltern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around foltern (IPA [ˈfɔltɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,302 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemandem (physisch oder psychisch) heftigen Schmerz zufügen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for foltern, with forms such as "ffoltern", "flotern", and "foletrn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "foster", "fordern", "füttern", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is foltern, spelled F-O-L-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem (physisch oder psychisch) heftigen Schmerz zufügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foltern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn der feindliche Spion nicht freiwillig sagt, wer ihn geschickt hat, dann müssen wir ihn eben foltern!
„Sie kamen rein, folterten ihn, bis er ihnen die Kombination verriet, räumten den Safe aus und brachten ihn um.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffoltern
- flotern
- foletrn
- folltern
- foltenr
- folternn
- folterrn
- foltren
- folttern
- fotlern
- ofltern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foltern - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).