trennen
[ˈtʁɛnən]
The verdict
“trennen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,779
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trennen · trennen · German
trennen · rank #3,779 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,779
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH stört
Nearest frequency peer: stört (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “trennen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- SPÖ
SPÖ
96,225 corpus weight
- streng
streng
96,224 corpus weight
- stört
stört
96,223 corpus weight
- trennen
trennen
96,222 corpus weight
- umsonst
umsonst
96,221 corpus weight
- vorgenommen
vorgenommen
96,220 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trennen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | trennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɛnən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trennen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around trennen (IPA [ˈtʁɛnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,779 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trennen, with forms such as "rtennen", "ternnen", and "trenen". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "treten", "trennt", "Treuen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is trennen, spelled T-R-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Personen oder Sachen auseinanderbringen
- 2eine Sache in ihre Bestandteile zerlegen
- 3eine Sache von einer anderen Sache abscheiden
- 4etwas auseinanderhalten und genau unterscheiden
- 5einen Partner, einen Verein oder eine Partei verlassen (sich entfernen)
- 6ein Wort über einen Zeilenumbruch hinweg schreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Türsteher musste die beiden Streithähne trennen.
Mancher glaubt nicht, dass es notwendig ist, den Müll zu trennen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtennen
- ternnen
- trenen
- trenenn
- trennenn
- trennne
- trnenen
- trrennen
- ttrennen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trennen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trennen", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "trennen". Here's where to go from here.
- "trennen" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "treten". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,779 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.