Örtchen
[ˈœʁtçən]
The verdict
“Örtchen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,978
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Siedlung, Dorf
Corpus desk
Index DE-ortchen · Örtchen · German
Örtchen · rank #42,978 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,978
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH ätherischen
Nearest frequency peer: ätherischen (-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 „Örtchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zweifachen
zweifachen
57,027 corpus weight
- Zöpfe
Zöpfe
57,026 corpus weight
- ätherischen
ätherischen
57,024 corpus weight
- Örtchen
Örtchen
57,023 corpus weight
- Österreiche…
Österreicherin
57,022 corpus weight
- übersichtli…
übersichtliche
57,021 corpus weight
What this shows „Örtchen“ 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 | Örtchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈœʁtçən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Örtchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Örtchen (IPA [ˈœʁtçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,978 among 53 “Ö” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Örtchen, with forms such as "rötchen", "örcthen", and "örrtchen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Orten", "örtlichen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Örtchen, spelled Ö-R-T-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleine Siedlung, Dorf
- 2Toilette
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Örtchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Geschichte spielt im fiktiven Örtchen Glattenbach.
„Im Kern der verspielten Örtchen stieß ich auf bunte Cafés, in denen junge und alte Männer an ihren Frappés nippten und sich den Nachmittag vertrieben, bevor sie am Abend zurückkehren und ihren Frauen die Neuigkeiten des Tages berichten würden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rötchen
- örcthen
- örrtchen
- örtcchen
- örtcehn
- örtchenn
- örtchhen
- örtchne
- örthcen
- örttchen
- ötrchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Örtchen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Örtchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).