Altenpflege
[ˈaltn̩ˌp͡fleːɡə]
The verdict
“Altenpflege” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,030
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der gesamte Bereich, der Maßnahmen zur Betreuung und Pflege alter Menschen umfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-altenpflege · Altenpflege · German
Altenpflege · rank #25,030 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,030
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Alk
Nearest frequency peer: Alk (-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 „Altenpflege“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Alabama
Alabama
74,974 corpus weight
- Alessandro
Alessandro
74,973 corpus weight
- Alk
Alk
74,972 corpus weight
- Altenpflege
Altenpflege
74,971 corpus weight
- alto
alto
74,970 corpus weight
- Amber
Amber
74,969 corpus weight
What this shows „Altenpflege“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Altenpflege |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltn̩ˌp͡fleːɡə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Altenpflege“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Altenpflege (IPA [ˈaltn̩ˌp͡fleːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,030 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der gesamte Bereich, der Maßnahmen zur Betreuung und Pflege alter Menschen umfasst".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Altenpflege, with forms such as "aletnpflege", "alltenpflege", and "altenfplege". 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, "Altenpfleger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Altenpflege, spelled A-L-T-E-N-P-F-L-E-G-E.
Definition
- 1der gesamte Bereich, der Maßnahmen zur Betreuung und Pflege alter Menschen umfasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Altenpflege appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die rund 661.000 Beschäftigten in der Altenpflege reichen nicht aus, um allen Pflegebedürftigen hierzulande gerecht zu werden. Geschweige denn, um die zunehmende Zahl alter Menschen ausreichend zu versorgen.“
„Aber Onni Nurmi hatte in seinem Testament festgelegt, dass das Geld ausschließlich zur Förderung der Altenpflege verwendet werden durfte.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletnpflege
- alltenpflege
- altenfplege
- altennpflege
- altenpfelge
- altenpfflege
- altenpfleeg
- altenpflegge
- altenpflgee
- altenpfllege
- altenplfege
- altenppflege
- altepnflege
- altnepflege
- alttenpflege
- atlenpflege
- latenpflege
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Altenpflege - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).