ALTE
[ˈaltə]
The verdict
“ALTE” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #498 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #498
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apparent Life Threatening Event = anscheinend lebensbedrohliches Ereignis (Bezeichnung eines akuten Zustandes bei Neugeborenen oder Säuglingen mit Apnoe, Zyanose oder Blässe, verändertem Muskeltonu...
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 | ALTE |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈaltə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ALTE” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ALTE is 4 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaltə]. Corpus data places it at rank #498 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Apparent Life Threatening Event = anscheinend lebensbedrohliches Ereignis (Bezeichnung eines akuten Zustandes bei Neugeborenen oder Säuglingen mit Apnoe, Zyanose oder Blässe, verändertem Muskeltonu...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ALTE, with forms such as "alet", "allte", and "altte". 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, "at", "Art", "Amt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ALTE, spelled A-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1Apparent Life Threatening Event = anscheinend lebensbedrohliches Ereignis (Bezeichnung eines akuten Zustandes bei Neugeborenen oder Säuglingen mit Apnoe, Zyanose oder Blässe, verändertem Muskeltonus sowie Bradykardie)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alet,allte,altte,atle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ALTE - 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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Using “ALTE”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaltə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “at” - see the side-by-side comparison. ALTE vs at
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.