Touch

[tat͡ʃ]

/[tat͡ʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Touch” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,184
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Hauch; ein wenig (von); etwas (von)

Corpus desk

Index DE-touch · Touch · German

Touch · rank #12,184 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,184
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH ter

Nearest frequency peer: ter (-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 „Touch“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Touch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Touch vs Tour
60% similar
Touch vs Tuch
80% similar
Touch vs tout
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Touch
PropertyValue
HeadwordTouch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tat͡ʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,184
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Touch“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Touchliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ter“ (#12,183), „town“ (#12,185), „technology“ (#12,182). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Touch“ bei #12,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Touch (IPA [tat͡ʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,184 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Hauch; ein wenig (von); etwas (von)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Touch, with forms such as "otuch", "tocuh", and "toucch". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Tour", "Tuch", "tout", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Touch, spelled T-O-U-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Hauch; ein wenig (von); etwas (von)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Touch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Terrasse einen Touch größer und der Balkon einen Touch kleiner und schon kommen wir ins Geschäft.
  2. Das Parfüm hat einen Touch von Buttersäure.

This word in other languages

touch(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otuch
  • tocuh
  • toucch
  • touchh
  • touhc
  • ttouch
  • tuoch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Touch - 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.

otuch2tocuh2toucch1touchh1touhc2ttouch1tuoch2
Edit distance from "Touch"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Touch"?
"Touch" is spelled T-O-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [tat͡ʃ].
What does "Touch" mean?
As a noun, "Touch" means: ein Hauch; ein wenig (von); etwas (von)
What words are commonly confused with "Touch"?
"Touch" is commonly confused with "Tour", "Tuch", "tout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Touch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Touch" is [tat͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Touch" come from?
"Touch" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Touch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Trank#12,186Söder#12,179Spree#12,175which#12,204

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

wiegen7 variantsriefen7 variantsRallye7 variantsMalta7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list