töricht
[ˈtøːʁɪçt]
The verdict
“töricht” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,548
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Vernunft und Überlegung
Corpus desk
Index DE-toricht · töricht · German
töricht · rank #43,548 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #43,548
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tätowierung
Nearest frequency peer: Tätowierung (-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 “töricht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Treibhausga…
Treibhausgase
56,457 corpus weight
- Trupps
Trupps
56,456 corpus weight
- Turkish
Turkish
56,455 corpus weight
- Tätowierung
Tätowierung
56,454 corpus weight
- töricht
töricht
56,453 corpus weight
- umschrieben
umschrieben
56,450 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “töricht” 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 | töricht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtøːʁɪçt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “töricht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around töricht (IPA [ˈtøːʁɪçt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,548 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for töricht, with forms such as "tröicht", "ttöricht", and "töircht". 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, "Tracht", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is töricht, spelled T-Ö-R-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1ohne Vernunft und Überlegung
- 2keinen Argwohn zeigend; nicht besonders schlau, klug
- 3ohne Erfolg oder Hoffnung, sich nicht lohnend
- 4besonders seltsam, unsinnig oder ärgerlich wirkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how töricht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es wäre äußerst töricht, wenn du dieses Stellenangebot ausschlügest.
Immer wenn ich dich etwas frage, lächelst du nur töricht zurück.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tröicht
- ttöricht
- töircht
- törciht
- töriccht
- törichht
- törichtt
- töricth
- törihct
- törricht
- ötricht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of töricht - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "töricht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "töricht". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Tracht". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #43,548 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.