trügen
[ˈtʁyːɡn̩]
The verdict
“trügen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,553
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Unzutreffendes vortäuschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trugen · trügen · German
trügen · rank #48,553 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,553
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Trübsal
Nearest frequency peer: Trübsal (-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 „trügen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- tratsch
tratsch
51,451 corpus weight
- Trommelwirb…
Trommelwirbel
51,450 corpus weight
- Trübsal
Trübsal
51,449 corpus weight
- trügen
trügen
51,448 corpus weight
- Tschick
Tschick
51,447 corpus weight
- turbulent
turbulent
51,446 corpus weight
What this shows „trügen“ 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 | trügen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtʁyːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „trügen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around trügen (IPA [ˈtʁyːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,553 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas Unzutreffendes vortäuschen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trügen, with forms such as "rtügen", "trgüen", and "trrügen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tuen", "Türen", "Tüten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is trügen, spelled T-R-Ü-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Unzutreffendes vortäuschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trügen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Verkaufsraum sah sehr groß aus, aber der Eindruck trog, an vielen Wänden waren Spiegel.
„Immer wieder müssen die Menschen erkennen, dass sie sich selbst lediglich in die Hände eines weiteren Pharaos getrogen haben, der sie, da er gebraucht wurde, um das gebrochene Land zusammenzuflicken, nicht mehr gehen lässt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtügen
- trgüen
- trrügen
- trüegn
- trügenn
- trüggen
- trügne
- ttrügen
- türgen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trügen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trügen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).