Anstalt

/[ˈanˌʃtalt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,022

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Anstalt is aGermannoun. It means: eine Einrichtung in öffentlicher Trägerschaft zur Unterbringung einer bestimmten Personengruppe; Heim Pronounced [ˈanˌʃtalt]. It ranks #8,022 in German word frequency. Often confused with Anwalt and anstatt.

Key facts for Anstalt
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnstalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanˌʃtalt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,022
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Anstalt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Anstalt is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌʃtalt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,022 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Anstalt, with forms such as "annstalt", "ansatlt", and "ansstalt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Anwalt", "anstatt", "Anstand", and more, 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Anstalt, spelled A-N-S-T-A-L-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Einrichtung in öffentlicher Trägerschaft zur Unterbringung einer bestimmten Personengruppe; Heim
  2. 2
    eine Institution in öffentlicher Trägerschaft für bestimmte Dienstleistungen gegenüber Außenstehenden
  3. 3
    psychiatrische Klinik

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: annstalt,ansatlt,ansstalt,anstallt,anstaltt,anstatl,anstlat,ansttalt,antsalt,asntalt,nastalt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Anstalt

Misspelling Variants of "Anstalt"

annstalt8ansatlt7ansstalt8anstallt8anstaltt8anstatl7anstlat7ansttalt8
Misspelling Variants of "Anstalt"

Frequency rank: #8,022 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anstalt"?
"Anstalt" is spelled A-N-S-T-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃtalt].
What does "Anstalt" mean?
As a noun, "Anstalt" means: eine Einrichtung in öffentlicher Trägerschaft zur Unterbringung einer bestimmten Personengruppe; Heim
What words are commonly confused with "Anstalt"?
"Anstalt" is commonly confused with "Anwalt", "anstatt", "Anstand". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Anstalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anstalt" is [ˈanˌʃtalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anstalt" come from?
"Anstalt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.