trunk
[tɹʌŋk]
The verdict
“trunk” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #39,074 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,074
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aufrechtstehender Teil eines Baums zwischen den Wurzeln und den Ästen
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 | trunk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɹʌŋk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trunk” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for trunk is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɹʌŋk]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,074 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for trunk, with forms such as "rtunk", "trnuk", and "trrunk". 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, "tun", "tusk", "tung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is trunk, spelled T-R-U-N-K.
Definition
- 1aufrechtstehender Teil eines Baums zwischen den Wurzeln und den Ästen
- 2großer Koffer, der zumeist von zwei Personen getragen werden muss und einen aufklappbaren Deckel hat
- 3der Rumpf
- 4verlängerte und bewegliche Nase eines Elefanten
- 5AE Gepäckraum einer Limousine bzw. Großraumlimousine
- 6AE Verbindung zwischen Telefonzentralen oder anderen Schaltmitteln
- 7Rohr, Leitung oder wasserdichter Schacht, der zwei oder mehr Decks miteinander verbindet
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtunk,trnuk,trrunk,trukn,trunkk,trunnk,ttrunk,turnk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trunk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “trunk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-U-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tɹʌŋk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tun” - see the side-by-side comparison. trunk vs tun
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.