trocknen
[ˈtʁɔknən]
The verdict
“trocknen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,134
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das nass ist, trocken machen; Feuchtigkeit entziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trocknen · trocknen · German
trocknen · rank #11,134 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,134
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Trauma
Nearest frequency peer: Trauma (-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 „trocknen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- their
their
88,870 corpus weight
- tippen
tippen
88,869 corpus weight
- Trauma
Trauma
88,868 corpus weight
- trocknen
trocknen
88,867 corpus weight
- Trottel
Trottel
88,866 corpus weight
- TTIP
TTIP
88,865 corpus weight
What this shows „trocknen“ 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 | trocknen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɔknən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „trocknen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around trocknen (IPA [ˈtʁɔknən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,134 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for trocknen, with forms such as "rtocknen", "torcknen", and "trcoknen". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Trockner", "trocknet", "Trocknung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is trocknen, spelled T-R-O-C-K-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, das nass ist, trocken machen; Feuchtigkeit entziehen
- 2vom nassen in den trockenen Zustand übergehen; Feuchtigkeit verlieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trocknen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Susi trocknet ihre Haare mit dem Fön, toupiert sie und fixiert die ganze Frisur mit sehr viel Haarlack.
Die Früchte trocknen auf großen Gestellen in der Sonne und werden anschließend verpackt und verkauft.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtocknen
- torcknen
- trcoknen
- troccknen
- trockknen
- trocknenn
- trocknne
- trocknnen
- trocnken
- trokcnen
- trrocknen
- ttrocknen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trocknen - 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 "trocknen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).