three
[θɹiː]
The verdict
“three” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,431
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drei
Corpus desk
Index DE-three · three · German
three · rank #14,431 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,431
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH think
Nearest frequency peer: think (-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 „three“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- tell
tell
85,573 corpus weight
- thematisch
thematisch
85,572 corpus weight
- think
think
85,571 corpus weight
- three
three
85,570 corpus weight
- Titanic
Titanic
85,569 corpus weight
- TK
TK
85,568 corpus weight
What this shows „three“ 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 | three |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [θɹiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „three“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around three (IPA [θɹiː]), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #14,431 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "drei".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for three, with forms such as "htree", "thhree", and "thre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tore", "treu", "true", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 three, spelled T-H-R-E-E.
Definition
- 1drei
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how three appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Three apples and three pears are in the basket.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htree
- thhree
- thre
- thrree
- trhee
- tthree
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of three - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "three", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).