trifft

/[tʁɪft]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,170

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

trifft is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treffen Pronounced [tʁɪft]. It ranks #1,170 in German word frequency. Often confused with tritt and trinkt.

Key facts for trifft
PropertyValue
Headwordtrifft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[tʁɪft]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,170
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for trifft is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tʁɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,170 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treffen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for trifft, with forms such as "rtifft", "tirfft", and "trfift". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "tritt", "trinkt", "Trikot", 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 trifft, spelled T-R-I-F-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treffen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtifft,tirfft,trfift,trifftt,trift,triftf,trrifft,ttrifft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trifft

Misspelling Variants of "trifft"

rtifft6tirfft6trfift6trifftt7trift5triftf6trrifft7ttrifft7
Misspelling Variants of "trifft"

Frequency rank: #1,170 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trifft"?
"trifft" is spelled T-R-I-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁɪft].
What does "trifft" mean?
As a verb, "trifft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs treffen
What words are commonly confused with "trifft"?
"trifft" is commonly confused with "tritt", "trinkt", "Trikot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trifft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trifft" is [tʁɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trifft" come from?
"trifft" 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.