trollen
[ˈtʁɔlən]
The verdict
“trollen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,887 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #28,887
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich (meist in eher unerfreuter Stimmung) von einem Ort entfernen, weggehen, sich wegbegeben
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 | trollen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɔlən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trollen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for trollen is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtʁɔlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,887 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trollen, with forms such as "rtollen", "torllen", and "trlolen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Tropen", "Tropfen", "trösten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is trollen, spelled T-R-O-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich (meist in eher unerfreuter Stimmung) von einem Ort entfernen, weggehen, sich wegbegeben
- 2(in gemäßigtem Tempo) irgendwohin gehen, sich an einen bestimmten Ort begeben
- 3sich in einer Gangart fortbewegen, bei der keine große Geschwindigkeit aufgenommen wird; traben
- 4schreiben von diskriminierenden/aufhetzenden Beiträgen in Foren/Blogs um andere zu einer emotionalen Reaktion zu provozieren
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtollen,torllen,trlolen,troleln,trolen,trollenn,trollne,trrollen,ttrollen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trollen - 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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Using “trollen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-O-L-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtʁɔlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Tropen” - see the side-by-side comparison. trollen vs Tropen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.