Talsperre
[ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]
The verdict
“Talsperre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,492
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Talsperre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Talsperre” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Talsperre (IPA [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,492 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Talsperre, with forms such as "atlsperre", "tallsperre", and "talpserre". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Talsperre, spelled T-A-L-S-P-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Anlage, die aus einer Staumauer zur Absperrung eines Fließgewässers in Talbreite, einem Stausee und weiteren Einrichtungen besteht
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atlsperre,tallsperre,talpserre,talseprre,talspere,talsperer,talspperre,talsprere,talssperre,taslperre,tlasperre,ttalsperre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Talsperre - 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.
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Using “Talsperre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-L-S-P-E-R-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtaːlˌʃpɛʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.