Tunnel
[ˈtʊnl̩]
The verdict
“Tunnel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,570
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege
Corpus desk
Index DE-tunnel · Tunnel · German
Tunnel · rank #4,570 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,570
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Treffer
Nearest frequency peer: Treffer (-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 „Tunnel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- trafen
trafen
95,434 corpus weight
- Treffer
Treffer
95,432 corpus weight
- Tunnel
Tunnel
95,431 corpus weight
- Verlängerung
Verlängerung
95,430 corpus weight
- verstecken
verstecken
95,429 corpus weight
- verteilen
verteilen
95,428 corpus weight
What this shows „Tunnel“ 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 | Tunnel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʊnl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tunnel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tunnel (IPA [ˈtʊnl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,570 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tunnel, with forms such as "tnunel", "ttunnel", and "tunel". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Turner", "turnen", "tunnels", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tunnel, spelled T-U-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tunnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hinter der Kurve fuhr der Zug in den Tunnel.
„Die Lüftung der Tunnel im Eisenbahnbetrieb vollzieht sich in kürzeren Tunneln, auch in stärkeren Steigungen meist in natürlicher Weise und ist abhängig von der Lage der Tunnelmündungen, den Wärmeunterschieden an diesen, ihrer gegenseitigen Höhenlage und der herrschenden Windrichtung.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tnunel
- ttunnel
- tunel
- tunenl
- tunnell
- tunnle
- utnnel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tunnel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Tunnel", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).