track
[tʁɛk]
The verdict
“track” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,294
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tracken
Corpus desk
Index DE-track · track · German
track · rank #8,294 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,294
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH teilzunehmen
Nearest frequency peer: teilzunehmen (-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 „track“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tagung
Tagung
91,710 corpus weight
- teilzunehmen
teilzunehmen
91,708 corpus weight
- track
track
91,707 corpus weight
- Transfer
Transfer
91,706 corpus weight
- trost
trost
91,705 corpus weight
- umfassend
umfassend
91,704 corpus weight
What this shows „track“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | track |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tʁɛk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „track“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around track (IPA [tʁɛk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,294 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tracken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for track, with forms such as "rtack", "tarck", and "tracck". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trat", "traf", "trek", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 track, spelled T-R-A-C-K.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tracken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtack
- tarck
- tracck
- trackk
- trakc
- trcak
- trrack
- ttrack
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of track - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "track", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).