Trottel
[ˈtʁɔtl̩]
The verdict
“Trottel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,135
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - schwachsinniger Mensch, ein unter Kretinismus leidender Mensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-trottel · Trottel · German
Trottel · rank #11,135 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,135
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH trocknen
Nearest frequency peer: trocknen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Trottel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Tunesien
Tunesien
88,864 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Trottel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Trottel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁɔtl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Trottel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Trottel (IPA [ˈtʁɔtl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,135 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Trottel, with forms such as "rtottel", "torttel", and "trotel". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "trotzen", "Tritte", "Trommel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Trottel, spelled T-R-O-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1schwachsinniger Mensch, ein unter Kretinismus leidender Mensch
- 2ein nicht sehr kluger oder nur wenig gebildeter, einfältiger Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trottel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist nur ein harmloser Trottel.
Der Trottel kann nicht mal richtig lesen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtottel
- torttel
- trotel
- trotetl
- trottell
- trottle
- trrottel
- trtotel
- ttrottel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Trottel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Trottel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.