trauern
[ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“trauern” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,300
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich wegen eines Verlustes in gedrückter Stimmung, Verfassung befinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-trauern · trauern · German
trauern · rank #16,300 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,300
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH trag
Nearest frequency peer: trag (-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 „trauern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Terminen
Terminen
83,704 corpus weight
- Theke
Theke
83,703 corpus weight
- trag
trag
83,702 corpus weight
- trauern
trauern
83,701 corpus weight
- trauriger
trauriger
83,700 corpus weight
- trösten
trösten
83,699 corpus weight
What this shows „trauern“ 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 | trauern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „trauern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around trauern (IPA [ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,300 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for trauern, with forms such as "rtauern", "taruern", and "traeurn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "traun", "Treuen", "treuer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is trauern, spelled T-R-A-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1sich wegen eines Verlustes in gedrückter Stimmung, Verfassung befinden
- 2Trauerkleidung tragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trauern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer einen geliebten Menschen verloren hat, trauert um ihn.
Hunderte Fans trauerten am Geburtsort David Bowies in London.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtauern
- taruern
- traeurn
- trauenr
- trauernn
- trauerrn
- trauren
- trrauern
- truaern
- ttrauern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trauern - 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 "trauern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).