Taschentuch
[ˈtaʃn̩ˌtuːx]
The verdict
“Taschentuch” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,533
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Tuch, mit dem man sich die Nase putzen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-taschentuch · Taschentuch · German
Taschentuch · rank #24,533 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,533
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tarnung
Nearest frequency peer: Tarnung (-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 „Taschentuch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- stürzten
stürzten
75,471 corpus weight
- survival
survival
75,470 corpus weight
- Tarnung
Tarnung
75,469 corpus weight
- Taschentuch
Taschentuch
75,468 corpus weight
- task
task
75,467 corpus weight
- teilnimmt
teilnimmt
75,466 corpus weight
What this shows „Taschentuch“ 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 | Taschentuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʃn̩ˌtuːx] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Taschentuch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Taschentuch (IPA [ˈtaʃn̩ˌtuːx]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,533 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Tuch, mit dem man sich die Nase putzen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Taschentuch, with forms such as "atschentuch", "tacshentuch", and "tascchentuch". 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, "Taschentücher", "Taschenbuch", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Taschentuch, spelled T-A-S-C-H-E-N-T-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1ein Tuch, mit dem man sich die Nase putzen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taschentuch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brauchst du ein Taschentuch?
„Mrs. Hawkins stand am Kamin und zerknüllte ein Taschentuch zwischen ihren Händen, und die Tränen liefen ihr über die Wangen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atschentuch
- tacshentuch
- tascchentuch
- tascehntuch
- taschenntuch
- taschentcuh
- taschenttuch
- taschentucch
- taschentuchh
- taschentuhc
- taschenutch
- taschetnuch
- taschhentuch
- taschnetuch
- tashcentuch
- tasschentuch
- tsachentuch
- ttaschentuch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Taschentuch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Taschentuch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).