Tory
[ˈtɔʁi]
The verdict
“Tory” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,286
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der einer englischen Partei angehört, aus der im 19. Jahrhundert die Konservative Partei hervorging
Corpus desk
Index DE-tory · Tory · German
Tory · rank #44,286 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,286
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH topographisch…
Nearest frequency peer: topographischen (-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 „Tory“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Todesopfern
Todesopfern
55,718 corpus weight
- told
told
55,717 corpus weight
- topographis…
topographischen
55,716 corpus weight
- Tory
Tory
55,715 corpus weight
- Transportko…
Transportkosten
55,714 corpus weight
- transports
transports
55,713 corpus weight
What this shows „Tory“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Tory |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔʁi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tory“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Tory (IPA [ˈtɔʁi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,286 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tory, with forms such as "otry", "torry", and "toryy". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ty", "Tür", "tot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tory, spelled T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1jemand, der einer englischen Partei angehört, aus der im 19. Jahrhundert die Konservative Partei hervorging
- 2jemand, der für die konservative Politik in England einsteht
- 3jemand, der sich zum Beispiel gegenüber Regierung und Gesetzen loyal verhält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der britische Schriftsteller Blake Morrison hat Tony Blair zum ersten Mal im März 1992 erlebt, als der aufstrebende Abgeordnete mit dem damaligen Labour-Parteiführer Neil Kinnock im Wahlkampf auftrat. Abgesehen davon, dass er wie ein junger Tory gewirkt habe, hinterließ Blair bei dem Beobachter keinen besonderen Eindruck.“
Paulas Mann Kirk bekennt sich dazu, ein Tory zu sein und die aktuellen Entwicklungen in der englischen Politik gutzuheißen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otry
- torry
- toryy
- toyr
- troy
- ttory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tory - 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 "Tory", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).