Altenburg
[ˈaltn̩ˌbʊʁk]
The verdict
“Altenburg” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,154
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Name mehrerer Orte in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
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 | Altenburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltn̩ˌbʊʁk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Altenburg” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Altenburg (IPA [ˈaltn̩ˌbʊʁk]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,154 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Altenburg, with forms such as "aletnburg", "alltenburg", and "altebnurg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Altenberg", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Altenburg, spelled A-L-T-E-N-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Name mehrerer Orte in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
- 2Ortsteil der Marktgemeinde Kaltern an der Weinstraße, Südtirol, Italien
- 3deutscher Name der Gemeinde Staré Hrady, Okres Jičín, Tschechien
- 4deutscher Name eines Teiles der ungarischen Stadt Mosonmagyaróvár
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletnburg
- alltenburg
- altebnurg
- altenbburg
- altenbrug
- altenbugr
- altenburgg
- altenburrg
- altennburg
- altenubrg
- altneburg
- alttenburg
- atlenburg
- latenburg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Altenburg - 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.
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Using “Altenburg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-T-E-N-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaltn̩ˌbʊʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Altenberg” - see the side-by-side comparison. Altenburg vs Altenberg
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.