tauschen
[ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]
The verdict
“tauschen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,111
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Sache vereinbarungsgemäß gegen eine andere Sache hergeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-tauschen · tauschen · German
tauschen · rank #6,111 · 12 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,111
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH taucht
Nearest frequency peer: taucht (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tauschen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- stehende
stehende
93,894 corpus weight
- Stift
Stift
93,893 corpus weight
- stop
stop
93,892 corpus weight
- taucht
taucht
93,891 corpus weight
- tauschen
tauschen
93,890 corpus weight
- Telefonnumm…
Telefonnummer
93,889 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tauschen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tauschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “tauschen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tauschen (IPA [ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,111 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tauschen, with forms such as "atuschen", "tasuchen", and "taucshen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Tusche", "täuscht", "Tischen", and more, 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 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 tauschen, spelled T-A-U-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Sache vereinbarungsgemäß gegen eine andere Sache hergeben
- 2wechselseitig (soziale) Handlungen durch Handlungen beantworten
- 3zwei Dinge in ihrer Rolle oder Position wechseln
- 4kurz für umtauschen (eine eingekaufte Ware auf Gewährleistung oder Kulanz ersetzen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tauschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nachbarn tauschten ihre Grundstücke. Die Kinder tauschen Spielsachen.
Sie tauschten einen kühlen Gruß. Am Ende tauschten sie Schläge.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atuschen
- tasuchen
- taucshen
- tauscchen
- tauscehn
- tauschenn
- tauschhen
- tauschne
- taushcen
- tausschen
- ttauschen
- tuaschen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tauschen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tauschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tauschen". Here's where to go from here.
- "tauschen" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Tusche". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,111 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.