Altdorf
[ˈaltˌdɔʁf]
The verdict
“Altdorf” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,739
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Name von fünfzehn (z. T. ehemaligen) Orten in der Schweiz und Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-altdorf · Altdorf · German
Altdorf · rank #26,739 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,739
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH allgegenwärtig
Nearest frequency peer: allgegenwärtig (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Altdorf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Aktivistin
Aktivistin
73,265 corpus weight
- Alarmanlage
Alarmanlage
73,264 corpus weight
- allgegenwär…
allgegenwärtig
73,263 corpus weight
- Altdorf
Altdorf
73,262 corpus weight
- Ammoniak
Ammoniak
73,261 corpus weight
- amour
amour
73,260 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Altdorf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Altdorf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltˌdɔʁf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Altdorf” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Altdorf (IPA [ˈaltˌdɔʁf]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,739 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Altdorf, with forms such as "aldtorf", "alltdorf", and "altddorf". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Alsdorf", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Altdorf, spelled A-L-T-D-O-R-F.
Definition
- 1Name von fünfzehn (z. T. ehemaligen) Orten in der Schweiz und Deutschland
- 2deutscher Name (veraltet) von Bassecourt im Schweizer Kanton Jura
- 3deutscher Name (veraltet) von Spišská Stará Ves in der Slowakei
- 4deutscher Name von Altorf im Elsass (Frankreich)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aldtorf
- alltdorf
- altddorf
- altdofr
- altdorff
- altdorrf
- altdrof
- altodrf
- alttdorf
- atldorf
- latdorf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Altdorf - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Altdorf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.