Tafel
[ˈtaːfl̩]
The verdict
“Tafel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,119
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ein plattenförmiges Stück (oft verwendet als Darreichungsform für Schokolade)
Corpus desk
Index DE-tafel · Tafel · German
Tafel · rank #5,119 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,119
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Supermarkt
Nearest frequency peer: Supermarkt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tafel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Springer
Springer
94,885 corpus weight
- Sprung
Sprung
94,884 corpus weight
- Supermarkt
Supermarkt
94,883 corpus weight
- Tafel
Tafel
94,882 corpus weight
- Tennis
Tennis
94,881 corpus weight
- unendlich
unendlich
94,880 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tafel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Tafel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːfl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tafel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tafel (IPA [ˈtaːfl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,119 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tafel, with forms such as "atfel", "taefl", and "tafell". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tal", "Tage", "take", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tafel, spelled T-A-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein plattenförmiges Stück (oft verwendet als Darreichungsform für Schokolade)
- 2mit Kreide beschreibbare Fläche; die Kreide kann wieder abgewischt werden
- 3festlich oder fürstlich gedeckter Tisch
- 4Tabelle oder Illustration
- 5Hilfsorganisation, welche Lebensmittel an Bedürftige verteilt
- 6aushängendes (virtuelles) Brett für Mitteilungen, insbesondere als Seite im Teletext
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tafel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe von meiner Oma eine Tafel Schokolade bekommen.
Ich wische die Tafel.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atfel
- taefl
- tafell
- taffel
- tafle
- tfael
- ttafel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tafel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tafel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.