älteren

/[ˈɛltəʁən]/ adj

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,376

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

älteren is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt Pronounced [ˈɛltəʁən]. It ranks #2,376 in German word frequency. Often confused with alters and Ämtern.

Key facts for älteren
PropertyValue
Headwordälteren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɛltəʁən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,376
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of älteren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for älteren is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛltəʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,376 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for älteren, with forms such as "läteren", "äletren", and "ällteren". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alters", "Ämtern", "Altern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is älteren, spelled Ä-L-T-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  12. 12
    Plural Komparativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  20. 20
    Plural Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: läteren,äletren,ällteren,älteern,älterenn,älterne,älterren,ältreen,ältteren,ätleren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for älteren

Misspelling Variants of "älteren"

läteren7äletren7ällteren8älteern7älterenn8älterne7älterren8ältreen7
Misspelling Variants of "älteren"

Frequency rank: #2,376 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "älteren"?
"älteren" is spelled Ä-L-T-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛltəʁən].
What does "älteren" mean?
As an adj, "älteren" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
What words are commonly confused with "älteren"?
"älteren" is commonly confused with "alters", "Ämtern", "Altern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "älteren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "älteren" is [ˈɛltəʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "älteren" come from?
"älteren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.