Altona

[ˈaltona]

/[ˈaltona]/ name

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The verdict

“Altona” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,489
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadtbezirk und zwei Stadtteile (Altona-Altstadt und Altona-Nord) von Hamburg, bis 1937 selbständige Großstadt

Corpus desk

Index DE-altona · Altona · German

Altona · rank #14,489 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,489
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akute

Nearest frequency peer: Akute (-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 „Altona“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Altona“ 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).

Altona vs Anton
67% similar
Altona vs Antonia
71% similar
Altona vs alto
50% similar

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

Key facts for Altona
PropertyValue
HeadwordAltona
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈaltona]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,489
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Altona“

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Akute“ (#14,488), „AMD“ (#14,490), „Aktualisierung“ (#14,487). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Altona“ bei #14,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Altona (IPA [ˈaltona]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,489 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Altona, with forms such as "alltona", "alotna", and "altnoa". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Anton", "Antonia", "alto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Altona, spelled A-L-T-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadtbezirk und zwei Stadtteile (Altona-Altstadt und Altona-Nord) von Hamburg, bis 1937 selbständige Großstadt
  2. 2
    Ortsteil der Gemeinde Eldena in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  3. 3
    fünf Orte in Nordamerika und Australien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Altona appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die wahre Schönheit, das ist Neapel und der Posilipo, das ist die Umgebung von Dresden, sind die niedergelegten Wälle von Leipzig, die Elbe bei Altona, der Genfer See. - (Stendhal, Das Leben des Henry Brulard)
  2. das Altona der Dänenzeit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alltona
  • alotna
  • altnoa
  • altoan
  • altonna
  • alttona
  • atlona
  • latona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alltona1alotna2altnoa2altoan2altonna1alttona1atlona2latona2
Edit distance from "Altona"

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 "Altona"?
"Altona" is spelled A-L-T-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaltona].
What does "Altona" mean?
As a proper noun, "Altona" means: Stadtbezirk und zwei Stadtteile (Altona-Altstadt und Altona-Nord) von Hamburg, bis 1937 selbständige Großstadt
What words are commonly confused with "Altona"?
"Altona" is commonly confused with "Anton", "Antonia", "alto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Altona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Altona" is [ˈaltona]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Altona" come from?
"Altona" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Altona", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ankauf#14,495begibt#14,515Berufs#14,520beruft#14,521

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Antenne8 variantsbeugen8 variantsBittere8 variantstruck8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list