Toleranz

/[toləˈʁant͡s]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,544

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Toleranz is aGermannoun. It means: nur Singular gebräuchlich: Eigenschaft, etwas dulden, ertragen oder zulassen zu können Pronounced [toləˈʁant͡s]. It ranks #5,544 in German word frequency. Often confused with tolerant.

Key facts for Toleranz
PropertyValue
HeadwordToleranz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[toləˈʁant͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,544
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Toleranz in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Toleranz is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [toləˈʁant͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,544 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Toleranz, with forms such as "otleranz", "tloeranz", and "toelranz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tolerant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Toleranz, spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nur Singular gebräuchlich: Eigenschaft, etwas dulden, ertragen oder zulassen zu können
  2. 2
    zulässige Abweichung von einem vorgeschriebenen, verbindlichen Maß oder Wert
  3. 3
    Widerstandsfähigkeit insbesondere gegen Arzneimittel

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otleranz,tloeranz,toelranz,tolearnz,tolerannz,toleranzz,tolerazn,tolernaz,tolerranz,tolleranz,tolreanz,ttoleranz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Toleranz

Misspelling Variants of "Toleranz"

otleranz8tloeranz8toelranz8tolearnz8tolerannz9toleranzz9tolerazn8tolernaz8
Misspelling Variants of "Toleranz"

Frequency rank: #5,544 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Toleranz"?
"Toleranz" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [toləˈʁant͡s].
What does "Toleranz" mean?
As a noun, "Toleranz" means: nur Singular gebräuchlich: Eigenschaft, etwas dulden, ertragen oder zulassen zu können
What words are commonly confused with "Toleranz"?
"Toleranz" is commonly confused with "tolerant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Toleranz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Toleranz" is [toləˈʁant͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Toleranz" come from?
"Toleranz" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.