# tell

> German word · Verb · IPA [tɛl] · frequency rank #14,428

## Definitions
1. erzählen
2. zählen

## Easily confused with
- **Tl** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tl)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-ten)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-ter)
- **til** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-til)
- **TeX** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tex)
- **tes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tes)
- **toll** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-toll)
- **Text** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-text)
- **Test** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-test)
- **tool** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tool)
- **Till** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-till)
- **Tölz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tolz)
- **term** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-term)
- **tilo** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tilo)
- **told** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-told)
- **Tolle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tolle)
- **Tesla** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tesla)
- **Troll** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-troll)
- **Tilly** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-tilly)
- **Teller** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tell-vs-teller)

## Common misspellings (4)
`etll`, `tel`, `tlel`, `ttell`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/tell