Todtnau
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The verdict
“Todtnau” is uncommon German (frequency #97,826 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,826
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-todtnau · Todtnau · German
Todtnau · rank #97,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,826
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH toad
Nearest frequency peer: toad (-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 “Todtnau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tirade
Tirade
2,181 corpus weight
- toad
toad
2,176 corpus weight
- Todtnau
Todtnau
2,175 corpus weight
- Tonika
Tonika
2,174 corpus weight
- traces
traces
2,172 corpus weight
- Tranchen
Tranchen
2,169 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Todtnau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Todtnau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Todtnau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Todtnau is uncommon German at frequency #97,826 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".
No misspelling variants are generated for Todtnau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Todtnau, spelled T-O-D-T-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
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 "Todtnau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.