theory
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The verdict
“theory” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,686
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Theorie
Corpus desk
Index DE-theory · theory · German
theory · rank #14,686 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,686
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Teresa
Nearest frequency peer: Teresa (-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 „theory“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Swing
Swing
85,318 corpus weight
- Tablets
Tablets
85,317 corpus weight
- Teresa
Teresa
85,316 corpus weight
- theory
theory
85,315 corpus weight
- Trauben
Trauben
85,314 corpus weight
- Turniere
Turniere
85,313 corpus weight
What this shows „theory“ 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 | theory |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „theory“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around theory (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,686 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Theorie".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for theory, with forms such as "hteory", "tehory", and "theorry". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "they", "Thor", "Tory", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is theory, spelled T-H-E-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Theorie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how theory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His theory has been falsified.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hteory
- tehory
- theorry
- theoryy
- theoyr
- theroy
- thheory
- thoery
- ttheory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of theory - 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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).