Trugschluss
[ˈtʁuːkˌʃlʊs]
The verdict
“Trugschluss” is uncommon German (frequency #53,302 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,302
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falscher Schluss, der auf den ersten Blick richtig erscheint
Corpus desk
Index DE-trugschluss · Trugschluss · German
Trugschluss · rank #53,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,302
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH tschau
Nearest frequency peer: tschau (+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 „Trugschluss“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Traums
Traums
46,702 corpus weight
- Trentino
Trentino
46,701 corpus weight
- Trugschluss
Trugschluss
46,699 corpus weight
- tschau
tschau
46,698 corpus weight
- Täterin
Täterin
46,697 corpus weight
- Tötungsdeli…
Tötungsdelikt
46,696 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Trugschluss“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trugschluss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁuːkˌʃlʊs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trugschluss“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trugschluss is uncommon German at frequency #53,302 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁuːkˌʃlʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "falscher Schluss, der auf den ersten Blick richtig erscheint".
Zero misspellings are on record for Trugschluss in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Trugschluss, spelled T-R-U-G-S-C-H-L-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1falscher Schluss, der auf den ersten Blick richtig erscheint
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trugschluss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Trugschluss führte letztendlich zur Katastrophe.
„‚Ganz gewiß!‘ antwortete Konrad, ‚aber es war eben einer der größten Trugſchlüſſe der Vergangenheit, daß die Freiheit im Äußeren Freiheit im Inneren bedeutet. […]‘“
This word in other languages
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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