Which to use
“Sparte” is a noun and “spätes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,943
- “Sparte” frequency rank
- #42,144
- “spätes” frequency rank
- 56087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sparte | spätes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | definierter Teil eines größeren Ganzen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spät |
Where the eye mixes Sparte and spätes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Sparte vs spätes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sparte is [ˈʃpaʁtə] while spätes is [ˈʃpɛːtəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sparte is recorded at frequency rank #13,943, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpaʁtə]. spätes is at rank #42,144, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃpɛːtəs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56087, this pair ranks #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Sparte vs spätes
Shared letters: epst. Private to "Sparte": ar. Private to "spätes": ä.
"Sparte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "spätes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sparte ← psarte · saprte · sparet · sparrte · spartte · spatre · spparte · sprate
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Sparte" and "spätes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Sparte" vs "spätes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Sparte" and "spätes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Sparte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spätes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sparte" and "spätes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "spätes vs Späth". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #954,100 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.