Tollen

[ˈtɔlən]

/[ˈtɔlən]/ noun

The verdict

“Tollen” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,926
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tolle

Corpus desk

Index DE-tollen · Tollen · German

Tollen · rank #2,926 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,926
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Therapie

Nearest frequency peer: Therapie (-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 „Tollen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Tollen“ 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).

Tollen vs töten
33% similar
Tollen vs Toren
67% similar
Tollen vs tönen
33% similar

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

Key facts for Tollen
PropertyValue
HeadwordTollen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɔlən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,926
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tollen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tollenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Therapie“ (#2,925), „Truppen“ (#2,927), „Tee“ (#2,924). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tollen“ bei #2,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tollen (IPA [ˈtɔlən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,926 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tollen, with forms such as "otllen", "tlolen", and "toleln". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "töten", "Toren", "tönen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Tollen, spelled T-O-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tolle
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Tolle
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Tolle
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Tolle

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otllen
  • tlolen
  • toleln
  • tolen
  • tollenn
  • tollne
  • ttollen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otllen2tlolen2toleln2tolen1tollenn1tollne2ttollen1
Edit distance from "Tollen"

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 "Tollen"?
"Tollen" is spelled T-O-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɔlən].
What does "Tollen" mean?
As a noun, "Tollen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tolle
What words are commonly confused with "Tollen"?
"Tollen" is commonly confused with "töten", "Toren", "tönen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tollen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tollen" is [ˈtɔlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tollen" come from?
"Tollen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list