Tor

/[toːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,373

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Tor is aGermannoun. It means: großer Zugang, großer Durchgang; bewegliches Bauteil, mit dem dieser Zugang geöffnet und geschlossen werden kann; Bauwerk, das einen Durchgang umschließt, meist als Bestandteil eines Eigennamens Pronounced [toːɐ̯]. It ranks #1,373 in German word frequency. Often confused with TV and tu.

Key facts for Tor
PropertyValue
HeadwordTor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[toːɐ̯]
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tor is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [toːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,373 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Tor in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "tu", "Ts", and more, 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 Tor, spelled T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    großer Zugang, großer Durchgang; bewegliches Bauteil, mit dem dieser Zugang geöffnet und geschlossen werden kann; Bauwerk, das einen Durchgang umschließt, meist als Bestandteil eines Eigennamens
  2. 2
    Trefferzone bei vielen Ballspielarten
  3. 3
    durch den Schiedsrichter bestätigte Tatsache, dass ein Spieler das Spielgerät (Ball, Scheibe, Ring) regelkonform über die Torlinie des unter [2] genannten Tores untergebracht hat
  4. 4
    ein durch eingesteckte Stangen markierten Durchgang

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #1,373 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tor"?
"Tor" is spelled T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [toːɐ̯].
What does "Tor" mean?
As a noun, "Tor" means: großer Zugang, großer Durchgang; bewegliches Bauteil, mit dem dieser Zugang geöffnet und geschlossen werden kann; Bauwerk, das einen Durchgang umschließt, meist als Bestandteil eines Eigennamens
What words are commonly confused with "Tor"?
"Tor" is commonly confused with "TV", "tu", "Ts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tor" is [toːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tor" come from?
"Tor" 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.