Tropf
[tʁɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Tropf” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,489
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorrichtung für eine medizinische Infusion
Corpus desk
Index DE-tropf · Tropf · German
Tropf · rank #35,489 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,489
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH trockenem
Nearest frequency peer: trockenem (-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 „Tropf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- traditionsr…
traditionsreichen
64,515 corpus weight
- Trainingsei…
Trainingseinheiten
64,514 corpus weight
- trockenem
trockenem
64,513 corpus weight
- Tropf
Tropf
64,512 corpus weight
- tätowiert
tätowiert
64,511 corpus weight
- türkisches
türkisches
64,509 corpus weight
What this shows „Tropf“ 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 | Tropf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tropf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tropf (IPA [tʁɔp͡f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,489 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tropf, with forms such as "rtopf", "torpf", and "trofp". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trotz", "trost", "Trupp", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tropf, spelled T-R-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1Vorrichtung für eine medizinische Infusion
- 2armer oder bedauernswerter Mensch
- 3einfältiger, geistig „minderbemittelter“ Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tropf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie lag im Koma und wurde mit dem Tropf ernährt.
„Die Schwester kam und hängte ein kleines Fläschchen vom Tropf ab und ein neues hinzu.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtopf
- torpf
- trofp
- tropff
- troppf
- trpof
- trropf
- ttropf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tropf - 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 "Tropf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).