Tatort

[ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]

/[ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tatort” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,489
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem eine Straftat stattfand

Corpus desk

Index DE-tatort · Tatort · German

Tatort · rank #3,489 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,489
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tanz

Nearest frequency peer: Tanz (-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 „Tatort“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Tatort“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tatort vs Tutor
67% similar
Tatort vs Tätern
50% similar
Tatort vs Täters
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Tatort
PropertyValue
HeadwordTatort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,489
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tatort“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tatortliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Tanz“ (#3,488), „Temperaturen“ (#3,490), „stärken“ (#3,487). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tatort“ bei #3,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Tatort (IPA [ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,489 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ort, an dem eine Straftat stattfand".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tatort, with forms such as "attort", "taotrt", and "tatorrt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Tutor", "Tätern", "Täters", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Tatort, spelled T-A-T-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort, an dem eine Straftat stattfand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tatort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Am Tatort fanden die Ermittler viele Spuren.
  2. „Es war die DNA eines Mannes, der nur fünf Kilometer vom Tatort entfernt wohnte.“

This word in other languages

crime scene(English)scène de crime(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • attort
  • taotrt
  • tatorrt
  • tatortt
  • tatotr
  • tatrot
  • tattort
  • ttaort
  • ttatort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tatort - 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.

attort2taotrt2tatorrt1tatortt1tatotr2tatrot2tattort1ttaort2
Edit distance from "Tatort"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tatort"?
"Tatort" is spelled T-A-T-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt].
What does "Tatort" mean?
As a noun, "Tatort" means: Ort, an dem eine Straftat stattfand
What words are commonly confused with "Tatort"?
"Tatort" is commonly confused with "Tutor", "Tätern", "Täters". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tatort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tatort" is [ˈtaːtˌʔɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tatort" come from?
"Tatort" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tatort", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

testen#3,491Schatz#3,480aktive#3,500Rainer#3,475

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

hinweg9 variantsFesten9 variantsgeholt9 variantsFremde9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list