tolerieren

[toləˈʁiːʁən]

/[toləˈʁiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“tolerieren” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,173
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden hinnehmen, dulden

Corpus desk

Index DE-tolerieren · tolerieren · German

tolerieren · rank #22,173 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,173
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH tolerant

Nearest frequency peer: tolerant (-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 „tolerieren“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „tolerieren“ 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).

tolerieren vs toleriert
80% similar

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

Key facts for tolerieren
PropertyValue
Headwordtolerieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[toləˈʁiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,173
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „tolerieren“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).tolerierenliegt 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: „tolerant“ (#22,172), „Tomate“ (#22,174), „Titus“ (#22,171). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tolerieren“ bei #22,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around tolerieren (IPA [toləˈʁiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,173 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas oder jemanden hinnehmen, dulden".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tolerieren, with forms such as "otlerieren", "tloerieren", and "toelrieren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "toleriert", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tolerieren, spelled T-O-L-E-R-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas oder jemanden hinnehmen, dulden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Solch ein Verhalten kann und werde ich nicht tolerieren!“
  2. Rauchen wird in diesem Restaurant toleriert.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otlerieren
  • tloerieren
  • toelrieren
  • toleireren
  • tolereiren
  • tolerieern
  • tolerierenn
  • tolerierne
  • tolerierren
  • tolerireen
  • tolerrieren
  • tollerieren
  • tolreieren
  • ttolerieren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otlerieren2tloerieren2toelrieren2toleireren2tolereiren2tolerieern2tolerierenn1tolerierne2
Edit distance from "tolerieren"

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 "tolerieren"?
"tolerieren" is spelled T-O-L-E-R-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [toləˈʁiːʁən].
What does "tolerieren" mean?
As a verb, "tolerieren" means: etwas oder jemanden hinnehmen, dulden
What words are commonly confused with "tolerieren"?
"tolerieren" is commonly confused with "toleriert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tolerieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolerieren" is [toləˈʁiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tolerieren" come from?
"tolerieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list