timo

noun

The verdict

“timo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,677
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angst, Furcht, Bange

Corpus desk

Index DE-timo · timo · German

timo · rank #7,677 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,677
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thron

Nearest frequency peer: Thron (-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 „timo“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „timo“ 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).

timo vs TO
0% similar
timo vs Tm
25% similar
timo vs tom
50% similar

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

Key facts for timo
PropertyValue
Headwordtimo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,677
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „timo“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).timoliegt 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: „Thron“ (#7,676), „tschüss“ (#7,678), „Thread“ (#7,675). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „timo“ bei #7,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around timo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,677 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Angst, Furcht, Bange".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for timo, with forms such as "itmo", "timmo", and "tiom". 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, "TO", "Tm", "tom", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is timo, spelled T-I-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angst, Furcht, Bange

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Neniu timo, ulo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itmo
  • timmo
  • tiom
  • tmio
  • ttimo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

itmo2timmo1tiom2tmio2ttimo1
Edit distance from "timo"

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 "timo"?
"timo" is spelled T-I-M-O.
What does "timo" mean?
As a noun, "timo" means: Angst, Furcht, Bange
What words are commonly confused with "timo"?
"timo" is commonly confused with "TO", "Tm", "tom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "timo" come from?
"timo" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

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 (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list