Tattoo
[tɛˈtuː]
The verdict
“Tattoo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,756
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Farbmitteln in die Haut eingestochenes Motiv
Corpus desk
Index DE-tattoo · Tattoo · German
Tattoo · rank #10,756 · 6 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,756
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH süddeutschen
Nearest frequency peer: süddeutschen (-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 „Tattoo“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Straftat
Straftat
89,248 corpus weight
- Swiss
Swiss
89,247 corpus weight
- süddeutschen
süddeutschen
89,246 corpus weight
- Tattoo
Tattoo
89,245 corpus weight
- Teilung
Teilung
89,244 corpus weight
- telefonisch
telefonisch
89,243 corpus weight
What this shows „Tattoo“ 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 | Tattoo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɛˈtuː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tattoo“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Tattoo (IPA [tɛˈtuː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,756 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mit Farbmitteln in die Haut eingestochenes Motiv".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tattoo, with forms such as "atttoo", "tatoo", and "tatoto". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Tattoos", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tattoo, spelled T-A-T-T-O-O.
Definition
- 1mit Farbmitteln in die Haut eingestochenes Motiv
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tattoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weil sie noch minderjährig ist und ihre Mutter ihr keine Erlaubnis erteilt, darf Petra sich kein Tattoo stechen lassen.
„Nachdem meine Augen einen Moment an den Tattoos auf ihren Oberarmen hängen geblieben waren, erklärte ich, ich käme in Frieden, und bat sie, freundlicherweise leiser zu machen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atttoo
- tatoo
- tatoto
- tatto
- ttatoo
- ttattoo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tattoo - 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 "Tattoo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).