alternativ
[ˌaltɛʁnaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“alternativ” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,140
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine weitere Möglichkeit darstellend
Corpus desk
Index DE-alternativ · alternativ · German
alternativ · rank #6,140 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,140
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aktie
Nearest frequency peer: Aktie (-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 „alternativ“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abgebrochen
abgebrochen
93,864 corpus weight
- Abwehr
Abwehr
93,863 corpus weight
- Aktie
Aktie
93,862 corpus weight
- alternativ
alternativ
93,861 corpus weight
- Amtszeit
Amtszeit
93,860 corpus weight
- angeben
angeben
93,859 corpus weight
What this shows „alternativ“ 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 | alternativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌaltɛʁnaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „alternativ“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around alternativ (IPA [ˌaltɛʁnaˈtiːf]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,140 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for alternativ, with forms such as "aletrnativ", "allternativ", and "altenrativ". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Alternative", "Alternativen", "alternativer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is alternativ, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1eine weitere Möglichkeit darstellend
- 2einer anderen Einstellung als der Mehrheit folgend
- 3umweltfreundlicher als üblich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alternativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damit hätten wir zwei alternative Lösungen auf dem Tisch.
Können Sie uns eine alternative Reiseroute vorschlagen?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletrnativ
- allternativ
- altenrativ
- alterantiv
- alternaitv
- alternativv
- alternattiv
- alternatvi
- alternnativ
- alterntaiv
- alterrnativ
- altrenativ
- altternativ
- atlernativ
- laternativ
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alternativ - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alternativ", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).