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
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spielzug, bei dem ein Spieler den Football in die gegnerische Endzone trägt, ihn dort nach einem Pass fängt oder ihn dort sichert
Corpus desk
Index DE-touchdown · Touchdown · German
Touchdown · rank #34,940 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,940
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Toledo
Nearest frequency peer: Toledo (-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 „Touchdown“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Theatergrup…
Theatergruppe
65,065 corpus weight
- Toledo
Toledo
65,062 corpus weight
- Touchdown
Touchdown
65,061 corpus weight
- trauten
trauten
65,059 corpus weight
- tres
tres
65,058 corpus weight
- Trient
Trient
65,057 corpus weight
What this shows „Touchdown“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Touchdown“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Touchdown (IPA [ˈtat͡ʃˌdaʊ̯n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,940 among 2,684 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Touchdown appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der letzten Spielminute konnte die Auswärtsmannschaft noch einen Touchdown erzielen.
„Zwischen 1923 und 1925 agierte Grange als Ballträger, Passgeber, Punter und Returner und erzielte die für damalige Verhältnisse astronomische Anzahl von 31 Touchdowns selbst.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Touchdown", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).