ticket

[ˈtɪkət]

/[ˈtɪkət]/ verb

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The verdict

“ticket” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,233
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken

Corpus desk

Index DE-ticket · ticket · German

ticket · rank #4,233 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,233
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sätze

Nearest frequency peer: Sätze (-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 „ticket“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „ticket“ 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).

ticket vs tickt
83% similar
ticket vs tucker
67% similar
ticket vs Tickets
71% similar

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

Key facts for ticket
PropertyValue
Headwordticket
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈtɪkət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,233
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ticket“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ticketliegt 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: „Sätze“ (#4,232), „toller“ (#4,234), „spreche“ (#4,231). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „ticket“ bei #4,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ticket (IPA [ˈtɪkət]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,233 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ticket, with forms such as "itcket", "tciket", and "ticcket". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "tickt", "tucker", "Tickets", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ticket, spelled T-I-C-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itcket
  • tciket
  • ticcket
  • ticekt
  • tickett
  • tickket
  • tickte
  • tikcet
  • tticket

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itcket2tciket2ticcket1ticekt2tickett1tickket1tickte2tikcet2
Edit distance from "ticket"

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 "ticket"?
"ticket" is spelled T-I-C-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɪkət].
What does "ticket" mean?
As a verb, "ticket" means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ticken
What words are commonly confused with "ticket"?
"ticket" is commonly confused with "tickt", "tucker", "Tickets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ticket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ticket" is [ˈtɪkət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ticket" come from?
"ticket" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

toller#4,234schaue#4,228Werken#4,238Reform#4,227

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

wirkte9 variantsklagen9 variantsErfurt9 variantsgelebt9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list