tung

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The verdict

“tung” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,899
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Corpus desk

Index DE-tung · tung · German

tung · rank #40,899 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,899
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH trotzt

Nearest frequency peer: trotzt (-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 „tung“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „tung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tung vs tut
50% similar
tung vs Tür
0% similar
tung vs TÜV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tung
PropertyValue
Headwordtung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,899
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „tung“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).tungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „trotzt“ (#40,898), „TVs“ (#40,900), „Trocknung“ (#40,897). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tung“ bei #40,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tung (IPA […]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,899 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tung, with forms such as "tnug", "ttung", and "tugn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tut", "Tür", "TÜV", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 tung, spelled T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kan du hjälper mig? Säcken är för tung för mig.
  2. Ansvaret väger tungt.

Antonyms

lätt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tnug
  • ttung
  • tugn
  • tungg
  • tunng
  • utng

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

tnug2ttung1tugn2tungg1tunng1utng2
Edit distance from "tung"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tung"?
"tung" is spelled T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "tung" mean?
As an adjective, "tung" means: von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer
What words are commonly confused with "tung"?
"tung" is commonly confused with "tut", "Tür", "TÜV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tung" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tung" come from?
"tung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tail#40,881Rune#40,805riva#40,799alda#41,005

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

amigo6 variantsrebel6 variantsorale6 variantsoasis6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list