Touristen
[tuˈʁɪstn̩]
The verdict
“Touristen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,741 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,741
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Tourist
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 | Touristen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tuˈʁɪstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Touristen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Touristen is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tuˈʁɪstn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,741 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Touristen, with forms such as "oturisten", "toruisten", and "touirsten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Touristik", "Tourist", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Touristen, spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Tourist
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Tourist
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Tourist
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tourist
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Tourist
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Tourist
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Tourist
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oturisten,toruisten,touirsten,tourisetn,tourissten,touristenn,touristne,touristten,touritsen,tourristen,toursiten,ttouristen,tuoristen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Touristen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Touristen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-O-U-R-I-S-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tuˈʁɪstn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Touristik” - see the side-by-side comparison. Touristen vs Touristik
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.