talk
[tɔːk]
The verdict
“talk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,537
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs talken
Corpus desk
Index DE-talk · talk · German
talk · rank #7,537 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,537
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH systematisch
Nearest frequency peer: systematisch (-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 „talk“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Steuerung
Steuerung
92,467 corpus weight
- Studiums
Studiums
92,466 corpus weight
- systematisch
systematisch
92,465 corpus weight
- talk
talk
92,464 corpus weight
- Tweet
Tweet
92,463 corpus weight
- Uhrzeit
Uhrzeit
92,462 corpus weight
What this shows „talk“ 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 | talk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tɔːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „talk“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around talk (IPA [tɔːk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,537 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs talken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for talk, with forms such as "atlk", "takl", and "talkk". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Tl", "TK", "Tat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is talk, spelled T-A-L-K.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs talken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atlk
- takl
- talkk
- tallk
- tlak
- ttalk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talk - 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 "talk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).