Trailer
[ˈtʁeːlɐ]
The verdict
“Trailer” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,829 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,829
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus einigen Passagen der originalen Vorlage zusammengesetzter Clip
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 | Trailer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁeːlɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Trailer” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Trailer is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁeːlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,829 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Trailer, with forms such as "rtailer", "tariler", and "traielr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Trier", "Trauer", "trails", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Trailer, spelled T-R-A-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1aus einigen Passagen der originalen Vorlage zusammengesetzter Clip
- 2Wohnwagen, der oft auch als dauerhafte Wohnung dient
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtailer,tariler,traielr,trailerr,trailler,trailre,tralier,trialer,trrailer,ttrailer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Trailer - 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 “Trailer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-I-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʁeːlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Trier” - see the side-by-side comparison. Trailer vs Trier
- 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.