amtlicher

Name: amtlicher, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈamtlɪçɐ]

/[ˈamtlɪçɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“amtlicher” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,700
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-amtlicher · amtlicher · German

amtlicher · rank #43,700 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,700
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH amiga

Nearest frequency peer: amiga (-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.

altars

56,304
Amalia

56,303
amiga

56,302
amtlicher

56,301
Analytiker

56,300
angeprangert

56,299

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

amtlicher vs ärztlicher

70% similar

amtlicher vs amtlich

78% similar

amtlicher vs amtliche

89% similar

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

Key facts for amtlicher
Property	Value
Headword	amtlicher
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈamtlɪçɐ]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#43,700
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „amtlicher“

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

#43,700

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „amiga“ (#43,699), „Analytiker“ (#43,701), „Amalia“ (#43,698). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „amtlicher“ bei #43,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around amtlicher (IPA [ˈamtlɪçɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,700 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for amtlicher, with forms such as "amlticher", "ammtlicher", and "amtilcher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ärztlicher", "amtlich", "amtliche", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 amtlicher, spelled A-M-T-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amlticher
ammtlicher
amtilcher
amtlciher
amtliccher
amtlicehr
amtlicherr
amtlichher
amtlichre
amtlihcer
amtllicher
amttlicher
atmlicher
matlicher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "amtlicher"

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 "amtlicher"?

"amtlicher" is spelled A-M-T-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈamtlɪçɐ].

What does "amtlicher" mean?

As an adjective, "amtlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs amtlich

What words are commonly confused with "amtlicher"?

"amtlicher" is commonly confused with "ärztlicher", "amtlich", "amtliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "amtlicher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amtlicher" is [ˈamtlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "amtlicher" come from?

"amtlicher" 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 "amtlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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