Touchdown
[ˈtat͡ʃˌdaʊ̯n]
The verdict
“Touchdown” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,940
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spielzug, bei dem ein Spieler den Football in die gegnerische Endzone trägt, ihn dort nach einem Pass fängt oder ihn dort sichert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Touchdown |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtat͡ʃˌdaʊ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Touchdown” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Touchdown (IPA [ˈtat͡ʃˌdaʊ̯n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,940 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Touchdown, with forms such as "otuchdown", "tocuhdown", and "toucchdown". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Touchdown, spelled T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1Spielzug, bei dem ein Spieler den Football in die gegnerische Endzone trägt, ihn dort nach einem Pass fängt oder ihn dort sichert
- 2Ablegen des Rugbyballes im eigenen Malfeld
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otuchdown,tocuhdown,toucchdown,toucdhown,touchddown,touchdonw,touchdownn,touchdowwn,touchdwon,touchhdown,touchodwn,touhcdown,ttouchdown,tuochdown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Touchdown - 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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Using “Touchdown”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtat͡ʃˌdaʊ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.