Tiger
[ˈtiːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Tiger” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,730
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (in Asien beheimatetes, zu den Großkatzen zählendes) sehr kräftiges, solitär lebendes Raubtier , dessen charakteristisches Fell, je nach Unterart, blass rötlich gelb bis rotbraun (Kopf- und Rumpfun...
Corpus desk
Index DE-tiger · Tiger · German
Tiger · rank #6,730 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,730
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH ten
Nearest frequency peer: ten (-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 „Tiger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sven
Sven
93,274 corpus weight
- ten
ten
93,272 corpus weight
- Tiger
Tiger
93,271 corpus weight
- traurige
traurige
93,270 corpus weight
- trinke
trinke
93,269 corpus weight
- Tschechien
Tschechien
93,268 corpus weight
What this shows „Tiger“ 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 | Tiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtiːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tiger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tiger (IPA [ˈtiːɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,730 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tiger, with forms such as "itger", "tgier", and "tiegr". 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, "time", "tine", "Titel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Tiger, spelled T-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1(in Asien beheimatetes, zu den Großkatzen zählendes) sehr kräftiges, solitär lebendes Raubtier , dessen charakteristisches Fell, je nach Unterart, blass rötlich gelb bis rotbraun (Kopf- und Rumpfunterseite sowie Beininnenseite jedoch weiß) gefärbt ist und schwarzbraune bis schwarze Querstreifen aufweist
- 2Katze, deren Fellmusterung an die der unter [1] beschriebenen Großkatze erinnert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menschen werden nur selten von Tigern angegriffen.
„Tiger besiedeln die tropischen Wälder Südostasiens, die Laubwälder und Mangrovenwälder Südasiens, dichtes und hohes Gras am Fuße des Himalajas sowie die Nadel- und Birkenwälder des russischen fernen Ostens.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- itger
- tgier
- tiegr
- tigerr
- tigger
- tigre
- ttiger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tiger - 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.
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 "Tiger", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).