ambulante

[ambuˈlantə]

/[ambuˈlantə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ambulante” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,517
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant

Corpus desk

Index DE-ambulante · ambulante · German

ambulante · rank #21,517 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,517
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Altbau

Nearest frequency peer: Altbau (-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 „ambulante“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „ambulante“ 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).

ambulante vs Ambulanz
67% similar
ambulante vs amüsante
67% similar
ambulante vs ambulanten
90% similar

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

Key facts for ambulante
PropertyValue
Headwordambulante
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ambuˈlantə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,517
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ambulante“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ambulanteliegt 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: „Altbau“ (#21,516), „ambulanten“ (#21,518), „angeblicher“ (#21,519). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ambulante“ bei #21,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ambulante (IPA [ambuˈlantə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,517 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ambulante, with forms such as "abmulante", "ambbulante", and "ambluante". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Ambulanz", "amüsante", "ambulanten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ambulante, spelled A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abmulante
  • ambbulante
  • ambluante
  • ambualnte
  • ambulanet
  • ambulannte
  • ambulantte
  • ambulatne
  • ambullante
  • ambulnate
  • ammbulante
  • amublante
  • mabulante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abmulante2ambbulante1ambluante2ambualnte2ambulanet2ambulannte1ambulantte1ambulatne2
Edit distance from "ambulante"

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 "ambulante"?
"ambulante" is spelled A-M-B-U-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ambuˈlantə].
What does "ambulante" mean?
As an adjective, "ambulante" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ambulant
What words are commonly confused with "ambulante"?
"ambulante" is commonly confused with "Ambulanz", "amüsante", "ambulanten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ambulante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ambulante" is [ambuˈlantə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ambulante" come from?
"ambulante" 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 "ambulante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ansässige#21,523anzuhören#21,526Attribute#21,528auferlegt#21,532

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

beigelegt13 variantsbesiegelt13 variantsweglassen13 variantsbreiteren13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list