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The verdict

“twenty” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,901
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwanzig

Corpus desk

Index DE-twenty · twenty · German

twenty · rank #40,901 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,901
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH TVs

Nearest frequency peer: TVs (-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 „twenty“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „twenty“ 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).

twenty vs video
0% similar
twenty vs user
17% similar
twenty vs windows
14% similar

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

Key facts for twenty
PropertyValue
Headwordtwenty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,901
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „twenty“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „TVs“ (#40,900), „tung“ (#40,899), „Umwegen“ (#40,903). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „twenty“ bei #40,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around twenty (IPA […]), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #40,901 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zwanzig".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for twenty, with forms such as "tewnty", "ttwenty", and "twennty". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "video", "user", "windows", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is twenty, spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwanzig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. My brother is twenty years old.
  2. I have twenty dollars in my pocket.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tewnty
  • ttwenty
  • twennty
  • twentty
  • twentyy
  • twenyt
  • twetny
  • twnety
  • twwenty
  • wtenty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

tewnty2ttwenty1twennty1twentty1twentyy1twenyt2twetny2twnety2
Edit distance from "twenty"

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 "twenty"?
"twenty" is spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "twenty" mean?
As a numeral, "twenty" means: zwanzig
What words are commonly confused with "twenty"?
"twenty" is commonly confused with "video", "user", "windows". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "twenty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "twenty" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "twenty" come from?
"twenty" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trotzt#40,898uterus#40,916Südpol#40,880stritt#40,868

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Umwegen10 variantsunbeirrt10 variantsverirren10 variantsverreist10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list