Therapie

[teʁaˈpiː]

/[teʁaˈpiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Therapie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,925
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen zur Behandlung einer Krankheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-therapie · Therapie · German

Therapie · rank #2,925 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,925
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tee

Nearest frequency peer: Tee (-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 „Therapie“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Therapie“ 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).

Therapie vs Therapien
89% similar

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

Key facts for Therapie
PropertyValue
HeadwordTherapie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[teʁaˈpiː]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,925
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Therapie“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Therapieliegt 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: „Tee“ (#2,924), „Tollen“ (#2,926), „Summe“ (#2,923). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Therapie“ bei #2,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Therapie (IPA [teʁaˈpiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,925 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen zur Behandlung einer Krankheit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Therapie, with forms such as "hterapie", "tehrapie", and "thearpie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Therapien", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Therapie, spelled T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen zur Behandlung einer Krankheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei manchen Erkrankungen sind verschiedene Therapien möglich.
  2. „Morgen würde ein anstrengender Tag werden, denn morgen würden die Therapien beginnen.“

Synonyms

BehandlungHeilbehandlungTherapeutik

This word in other languages

therapy(English)terapia(Español)thérapie(Français)terapia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hterapie
  • tehrapie
  • thearpie
  • theraipe
  • therapei
  • therappie
  • therpaie
  • therrapie
  • thherapie
  • threapie
  • ttherapie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hterapie2tehrapie2thearpie2theraipe2therapei2therappie1therpaie2therrapie1
Edit distance from "Therapie"

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 "Therapie"?
"Therapie" is spelled T-H-E-R-A-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [teʁaˈpiː].
What does "Therapie" mean?
As a noun, "Therapie" means: Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen zur Behandlung einer Krankheit
What words are commonly confused with "Therapie"?
"Therapie" is commonly confused with "Therapien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Therapie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Therapie" is [teʁaˈpiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Therapie" come from?
"Therapie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list