Türkei
[tʏʁˈkaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Türkei” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,436
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat, der zu einem kleinen Teil in Südosteuropa und hauptsächlich in Vorderasien liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-turkei · Türkei · German
Türkei · rank #1,436 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,436
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH soziale
Nearest frequency peer: soziale (-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 „Türkei“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sekunden
Sekunden
98,568 corpus weight
- setzte
setzte
98,567 corpus weight
- soziale
soziale
98,566 corpus weight
- Türkei
Türkei
98,565 corpus weight
- Umgebung
Umgebung
98,564 corpus weight
- verantwortl…
verantwortlich
98,563 corpus weight
What this shows „Türkei“ 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 | Türkei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [tʏʁˈkaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Türkei“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Türkei (IPA [tʏʁˈkaɪ̯]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,436 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Staat, der zu einem kleinen Teil in Südosteuropa und hauptsächlich in Vorderasien liegt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Türkei, with forms such as "trükei", "ttürkei", and "tükrei". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Türme", "türken", "Turner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Türkei, spelled T-Ü-R-K-E-I.
Definition
- 1Staat, der zu einem kleinen Teil in Südosteuropa und hauptsächlich in Vorderasien liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Türkei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Türkei ist ein Land, das auf zwei Erdteilen liegt: Europa und Asien.
Die Frage, ob die Türkei in die EU aufgenommen werden sollte, erhitzt die Gemüter.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- trükei
- ttürkei
- tükrei
- türeki
- türkie
- türkkei
- türrkei
- ütrkei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Türkei - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Türkei", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).