Torhüter
[ˈtoːɐ̯ˌhyːtɐ]
The verdict
“Torhüter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,808
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - defensivster Spieler einer Sportmannschaft, der gegnerische Tore verhindern soll und hierfür oft auch mit Sonderberechtigungen ausgestattet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-torhuter · Torhüter · German
Torhüter · rank #12,808 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,808
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Till
Nearest frequency peer: Till (-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 “Torhüter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- teilhabe
teilhabe
87,196 corpus weight
- Therapeuten
Therapeuten
87,195 corpus weight
- Till
Till
87,194 corpus weight
- Torhüter
Torhüter
87,193 corpus weight
- tschechische
tschechische
87,192 corpus weight
- typisches
typisches
87,191 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Torhüter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Torhüter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːɐ̯ˌhyːtɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Torhüter” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Torhüter (IPA [ˈtoːɐ̯ˌhyːtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,808 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Torhüter, with forms such as "otrhüter", "tohrüter", and "torhhüter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Tochter", 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 Torhüter, spelled T-O-R-H-Ü-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1defensivster Spieler einer Sportmannschaft, der gegnerische Tore verhindern soll und hierfür oft auch mit Sonderberechtigungen ausgestattet ist
- 2Person, die ein Tor (eines Anwesens, einer Stadt, …) beaufsichtigt/bewacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Torhüter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der deutsche Torhüter konnte im Elfmeterschießen zwei Schüsse parieren.
„Er selbst begab sich in seiner schwarzen Bediententracht sofort zu dem Torhüter und verneigte sich vor ihm.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otrhüter
- tohrüter
- torhhüter
- torhtüer
- torhüetr
- torhüterr
- torhütre
- torhütter
- torrhüter
- torühter
- trohüter
- ttorhüter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Torhüter - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Torhüter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Tochter". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,808 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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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.