altes
[ˈaltəs]
The verdict
“altes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,501. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,501
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
Corpus desk
Index DE-altes · altes · German
altes · rank #3,501 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,501
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aktive
Nearest frequency peer: aktive (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “altes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ärger
Ärger
96,503 corpus weight
- überraschend
überraschend
96,502 corpus weight
- aktive
aktive
96,501 corpus weight
- altes
altes
96,500 corpus weight
- angegriffen
angegriffen
96,499 corpus weight
- angelegt
angelegt
96,498 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “altes” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | altes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaltəs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “altes” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around altes (IPA [ˈaltəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,501 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for altes, with forms such as "alets", "alltes", and "altess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Atem", "arte", "arts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is altes, spelled A-L-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alets
- alltes
- altess
- altse
- alttes
- atles
- lates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of altes - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "altes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "altes". Here's where to go from here.
- "altes" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Atem". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,501 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.