Taschenlampe
[ˈtaʃn̩ˌlampə]
The verdict
“Taschenlampe” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,412
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - handliche, tragbare Lichtquelle, die meist mit Batterien oder einem Dynamo betrieben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-taschenlampe · Taschenlampe · German
Taschenlampe · rank #19,412 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,412
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Südtiroler
Nearest frequency peer: Südtiroler (-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 „Taschenlampe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stätte
Stätte
80,592 corpus weight
- Synode
Synode
80,591 corpus weight
- Südtiroler
Südtiroler
80,590 corpus weight
- Taschenlampe
Taschenlampe
80,589 corpus weight
- tea
tea
80,588 corpus weight
- Terroransch…
Terroranschlag
80,587 corpus weight
What this shows „Taschenlampe“ 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 | Taschenlampe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʃn̩ˌlampə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #19,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Taschenlampe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Taschenlampe (IPA [ˈtaʃn̩ˌlampə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,412 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "handliche, tragbare Lichtquelle, die meist mit Batterien oder einem Dynamo betrieben wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Taschenlampe, with forms such as "atschenlampe", "tacshenlampe", and "tascchenlampe". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Taschenlampen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Taschenlampe, spelled T-A-S-C-H-E-N-L-A-M-P-E.
Definition
- 1handliche, tragbare Lichtquelle, die meist mit Batterien oder einem Dynamo betrieben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taschenlampe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihr solltet eine Taschenlampe mitnehmen, draußen ist es sehr dunkel.
„Hinten über den Hof knackte und rumorte es, gelegentlich blitzte eine Taschenlampe auf, husch ging einer mit einer Blendlaterne in den Keller.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atschenlampe
- tacshenlampe
- tascchenlampe
- tascehnlampe
- taschelnampe
- taschenalmpe
- taschenlamep
- taschenlammpe
- taschenlamppe
- taschenlapme
- taschenllampe
- taschenlmape
- taschennlampe
- taschhenlampe
- taschnelampe
- tashcenlampe
- tasschenlampe
- tsachenlampe
- ttaschenlampe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Taschenlampe - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Taschenlampe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).