trügerisch
[ˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“trügerisch” is uncommon German (frequency #62,931 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,931
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen falschen Eindruck vermittelnd; täuschend
Corpus desk
Index DE-trugerisch · trügerisch · German
trügerisch · rank #62,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,931
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Tuck
Nearest frequency peer: Tuck (+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 “trügerisch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Transzendenz
Transzendenz
37,073 corpus weight
- Trennwand
Trennwand
37,072 corpus weight
- trügerisch
trügerisch
37,070 corpus weight
- Tuck
Tuck
37,069 corpus weight
- Tudor
Tudor
37,068 corpus weight
- Tumorzellen
Tumorzellen
37,067 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trügerisch” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trügerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trügerisch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trügerisch is uncommon German at frequency #62,931 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁyːɡəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen falschen Eindruck vermittelnd; täuschend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trügerisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is trügerisch, spelled T-R-Ü-G-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1einen falschen Eindruck vermittelnd; täuschend
Synonyms
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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 May 6, 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 "trügerisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.