ältester
[ˈɛltəstɐ]
The verdict
“ältester” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,144
- frequency rank, German
- 1,202
- “Ä” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
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 | ältester |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛltəstɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ältester” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ältester (IPA [ˈɛltəstɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,144 among 1,202 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ältester, with forms such as "lätester", "äletster", and "älltester". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Altmeister", "Alster", "älteste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ältester, spelled Ä-L-T-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 4Genitiv Plural Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs alt
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Superlativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs alt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lätester,äletster,älltester,ältesetr,ältesster,ältesterr,ältestre,ältestter,ältetser,ältseter,älttester,ätlester
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ältester - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “ältester”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ä-L-T-E-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛltəstɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Altmeister” - see the side-by-side comparison. ältester vs Altmeister
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.