Traum

/[tʁaʊ̯m]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,644

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Traum is aGermannoun. It means: durch psychische Aktivität hervorgerufenes Erlebnis beim Schlafen Pronounced [tʁaʊ̯m]. It ranks #1,644 in German word frequency. Often confused with tum and trug.

Key facts for Traum
PropertyValue
HeadwordTraum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁaʊ̯m]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,644
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Traum in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Traum is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tʁaʊ̯m]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,644 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Traum, with forms such as "rtaum", "tarum", and "tramu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tum", "trug", "treu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Traum, spelled T-R-A-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch psychische Aktivität hervorgerufenes Erlebnis beim Schlafen
  2. 2
    sehr starker Wunsch
  3. 3
    etwas, das besonders gut, angenehm und/oder schön ist

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtaum,tarum,tramu,traumm,trraum,truam,ttraum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Traum

Misspelling Variants of "Traum"

rtaum5tarum5tramu5traumm6trraum6truam5ttraum6
Misspelling Variants of "Traum"

Frequency rank: #1,644 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Traum"?
"Traum" is spelled T-R-A-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁaʊ̯m].
What does "Traum" mean?
As a noun, "Traum" means: durch psychische Aktivität hervorgerufenes Erlebnis beim Schlafen
What words are commonly confused with "Traum"?
"Traum" is commonly confused with "tum", "trug", "treu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Traum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Traum" is [tʁaʊ̯m]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Traum" come from?
"Traum" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.