travel

/[trævl]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,232

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

travel is aGermannoun. It means: Fortbewegung hin zu einem weiter entfernt liegenden Ort: Reise, das Reisen Pronounced [trævl]. Often confused with Trubel and Tafel.

Key facts for travel
PropertyValue
Headwordtravel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[trævl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,232
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for travel is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [trævl]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,232 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for travel, with forms such as "rtavel", "tarvel", and "traevl". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Trubel", "Tafel", "trade", 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 travel, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fortbewegung hin zu einem weiter entfernt liegenden Ort: Reise, das Reisen
  2. 2
    längere Tour durch auswärtige Länder, interessante Städte und Gegenden, meist von Touristen: Reise
  3. 3
    Geschäftsbereich, der mit der Organisation von Reisen befasst ist: Reisebranche
  4. 4
    Bewegung ; Lauf, Weg, Hub eines Kolbens; Ausbreitung

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtavel,tarvel,traevl,travell,travle,travvel,trravel,trvael,ttravel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for travel

Misspelling Variants of "travel"

rtavel6tarvel6traevl6travell7travle6travvel7trravel7trvael6
Misspelling Variants of "travel"

Frequency rank: #15,232 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travel"?
"travel" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [trævl].
What does "travel" mean?
As a noun, "travel" means: Fortbewegung hin zu einem weiter entfernt liegenden Ort: Reise, das Reisen
What words are commonly confused with "travel"?
"travel" is commonly confused with "Trubel", "Tafel", "trade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "travel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travel" is [trævl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travel" come from?
"travel" 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.