Tote
[ˈtoːtə]
The verdict
“Tote” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,691) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #2,691
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - weibliche Person, die nicht mehr am Leben, sondern verstorben ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-tote · Tote · German
Tote · rank #2,691 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,691
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH tausend
Nearest frequency peer: tausend (-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 “Tote”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Statistik
Statistik
97,313 corpus weight
- Stress
Stress
97,312 corpus weight
- tausend
tausend
97,311 corpus weight
- Tote
Tote
97,310 corpus weight
- Umfeld
Umfeld
97,309 corpus weight
- user
user
97,308 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tote” 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 | Tote |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tote” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Tote is neighbouring look-alikes ("tut", "tue", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈtoːtə]. Frequency #2,691 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die nicht mehr am Leben, sondern verstorben ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tote, with forms such as "toet", "totte", and "ttoe". 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, "tut", "tue", "toy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tote, spelled T-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die nicht mehr am Leben, sondern verstorben ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute wurde eine Tote aus dem Rhein gezogen.
Jana wurde das Herz einer Toten transplantiert.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- toet
- totte
- ttoe
- ttote
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tote - 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 2, 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 "Tote", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.