Altersgrenze
[ˈaltɐsˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]
The verdict
“Altersgrenze” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,926
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - maximal oder minimal erlaubtes Alter (normalerweise einer Person, um an etwas teilzunehmen)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altersgrenze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltɐsˌɡʁɛnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #31,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Altersgrenze” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Altersgrenze (IPA [ˈaltɐsˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,926 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Altersgrenze, with forms such as "aletrsgrenze", "alltersgrenze", and "altergsrenze". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Altersgrenze, spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-G-R-E-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1maximal oder minimal erlaubtes Alter (normalerweise einer Person, um an etwas teilzunehmen)
- 2(Arbeitswelt) Schwelle vom Ende des Arbeitslebens und Beginn der Rentenzeit
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletrsgrenze
- alltersgrenze
- altergsrenze
- alterrsgrenze
- altersgernze
- altersggrenze
- altersgrenez
- altersgrennze
- altersgrenzze
- altersgrezne
- altersgrneze
- altersgrrenze
- altersrgenze
- alterssgrenze
- altesrgrenze
- altresgrenze
- alttersgrenze
- atlersgrenze
- latersgrenze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Altersgrenze - 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 “Altersgrenze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-L-T-E-R-S-G-R-E-N-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaltɐsˌɡʁɛnt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.