trott

[tʁɔt]

/[tʁɔt]/ verb

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The verdict

“trott” is uncommon German (frequency #50,940 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,940
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trotten

Corpus desk

Index DE-trott · trott · German

trott · rank #50,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,940
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trommler

Nearest frequency peer: Trommler (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „trott“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „trott“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trott
PropertyValue
Headwordtrott
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[tʁɔt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „trott“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).trottfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Trommler“ (#50,939), „Trude“ (#50,941), „trittst“ (#50,938). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „trott“ bei #50,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trott is uncommon German at frequency #50,940 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [tʁɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trotten".

No misspelling variants are generated for trott in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is trott, spelled T-R-O-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trotten

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trott"?
"trott" is spelled T-R-O-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁɔt].
What does "trott" mean?
As a verb, "trott" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trotten
How do you pronounce "trott"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trott" is [tʁɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trott", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Trude#50,941Tulln#50,943Thule#50,925vulgo#51,011

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list