älterer

Name: älterer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɛltəʁɐ]

/[ˈɛltəʁɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“älterer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,315
frequency rank, German: 75
“Ä” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt

Corpus desk

Index DE-alterer · älterer · German

älterer · rank #8,315 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,315
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 75
PHOTO-FINISH ähnlicher

Nearest frequency peer: ähnlicher (-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.

Zitate

91,690
zuverlässig

91,689
ähnlicher

91,687
älterer

91,686
ärgern

91,685
überlege

91,683

What this shows „älterer“ 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).

älterer vs alters

57% similar

älterer vs Altern

57% similar

älterer vs altert

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for älterer
Property	Value
Headword	älterer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɛltəʁɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#8,315
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	10
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „älterer“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ältererliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#8,315

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ähnlicher“ (#8,314), „ärgern“ (#8,316), „zuverlässig“ (#8,312). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „älterer“ bei #8,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around älterer (IPA [ˈɛltəʁɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,315 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for älterer, with forms such as "läterer", "äletrer", and "ällterer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "alters", "Altern", "altert", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is älterer, spelled Ä-L-T-E-R-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
3
Dativ Singular Femininum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
4
Genitiv Plural Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

läterer
äletrer
ällterer
älteerr
ältererr
älterre
älterrer
ältreer
ältterer
ätlerer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of älterer - 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.

Edit distance from "älterer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "älterer"?

"älterer" is spelled Ä-L-T-E-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛltəʁɐ].

What does "älterer" mean?

As an adjective, "älterer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt

What words are commonly confused with "älterer"?

"älterer" is commonly confused with "alters", "Altern", "altert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "älterer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "älterer" is [ˈɛltəʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "älterer" come from?

"älterer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "älterer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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