Amtssprache
[ˈamt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə]
The verdict
“Amtssprache” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,406
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die offizielle Sprache der Behörden eines Landes
Corpus desk
Index DE-amtssprache · Amtssprache · German
Amtssprache · rank #32,406 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,406
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anbraten
Nearest frequency peer: anbraten (+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 „Amtssprache“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Alkoholismus
Alkoholismus
67,599 corpus weight
- Alster
Alster
67,598 corpus weight
- Altersverso…
Altersversorgung
67,597 corpus weight
- Amtssprache
Amtssprache
67,595 corpus weight
- anbraten
anbraten
67,594 corpus weight
- Andernach
Andernach
67,593 corpus weight
What this shows „Amtssprache“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amtssprache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈamt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #32,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Amtssprache“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Amtssprache (IPA [ˈamt͡sˌʃpʁaːxə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,406 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amtssprache, with forms such as "ammtssprache", "amstsprache", and "amtsprache". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Aussprache", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Amtssprache, spelled A-M-T-S-S-P-R-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1die offizielle Sprache der Behörden eines Landes
- 2die offizielle Sprache einer internationalen Organisation
- 3andere Bezeichnung für die Sprache von Behörden, Gerichten, Verwaltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amtssprache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Amtssprache ist Deutsch.“
„Allein in Südafrika gibt es elf Amtssprachen.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammtssprache
- amstsprache
- amtsprache
- amtspsrache
- amtssparche
- amtsspprache
- amtsspracche
- amtsspraceh
- amtssprachhe
- amtssprahce
- amtssprcahe
- amtssprrache
- amtssrpache
- amttssprache
- amtßprache
- atmssprache
- matssprache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amtssprache - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).