älteste

[ˈɛltəstə]

/[ˈɛltəstə]/ adj

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The verdict

“älteste” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,334
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-alteste · älteste · German

älteste · rank #5,334 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,334
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zoo

Nearest frequency peer: Zoo (-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 „älteste“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „älteste“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

älteste vs Attest
57% similar
älteste vs ältesten
88% similar
älteste vs ältester
88% similar

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

Key facts for älteste
PropertyValue
Headwordälteste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛltəstə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,334
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „älteste“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Zoo“ (#5,333), „Zeuge“ (#5,332), „Abendessen“ (#5,336). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „älteste“ bei #5,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around älteste (IPA [ˈɛltəstə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,334 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for älteste, with forms such as "läteste", "äletste", and "ällteste". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Attest", "ältesten", "ältester", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is älteste, spelled Ä-L-T-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • läteste
  • äletste
  • ällteste
  • älteset
  • ältesste
  • ältestte
  • ältetse
  • ältsete
  • ältteste
  • ätleste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

läteste2äletste2ällteste1älteset2ältesste1ältestte1ältetse2ältsete2
Edit distance from "älteste"

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 "älteste"?
"älteste" is spelled Ä-L-T-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛltəstə].
What does "älteste" mean?
As an adjective, "älteste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
What words are commonly confused with "älteste"?
"älteste" is commonly confused with "Attest", "ältesten", "ältester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "älteste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "älteste" is [ˈɛltəstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "älteste" come from?
"älteste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "älteste", 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

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list