Todesfall
[ˈtoːdəsˌfal]
The verdict
“Todesfall” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,433
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tod einer Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-todesfall · Todesfall · German
Todesfall · rank #20,433 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,433
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Totschlag
Nearest frequency peer: Totschlag (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Todesfall”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Telefone
Telefone
79,571 corpus weight
- Thilo
Thilo
79,570 corpus weight
- Todesfall
Todesfall
79,568 corpus weight
- Totschlag
Totschlag
79,567 corpus weight
- trachten
trachten
79,566 corpus weight
- trail
trail
79,565 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Todesfall” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Todesfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːdəsˌfal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Todesfall” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Todesfall (IPA [ˈtoːdəsˌfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,433 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tod einer Person".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Todesfall, with forms such as "otdesfall", "tdoesfall", and "toddesfall". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Todesfälle", "Todesfällen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Todesfall, spelled T-O-D-E-S-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Tod einer Person
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otdesfall
- tdoesfall
- toddesfall
- todefsall
- todesafll
- todesfal
- todesffall
- todesflal
- todessfall
- todsefall
- toedsfall
- ttodesfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Todesfall - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Todesfall", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.