thon
[tʰɔn]
The verdict
“thon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,867
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeiteinheit, Dauer von zwölf Monaten; Jahr
Corpus desk
Index DE-thon · thon · German
thon · rank #42,867 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,867
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH toxischen
Nearest frequency peer: toxischen (+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 „thon“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Teenagern
Teenagern
57,137 corpus weight
- Territoriums
Territoriums
57,136 corpus weight
- thon
thon
57,134 corpus weight
- toxischen
toxischen
57,133 corpus weight
- trace
trace
57,132 corpus weight
- transformie…
transformiert
57,131 corpus weight
What this shows „thon“ 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 | thon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʰɔn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „thon“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around thon (IPA [tʰɔn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,867 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zeiteinheit, Dauer von zwölf Monaten; Jahr".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for thon, with forms such as "hton", "thhon", and "thno". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TO", "tun", "Tod", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is thon, spelled T-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zeiteinheit, Dauer von zwölf Monaten; Jahr
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hton
- thhon
- thno
- thonn
- tohn
- tthon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thon - 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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).