Asphalt
[asˈfalt]
The verdict
“Asphalt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,006
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine natürliche oder technisch hergestellte Mischung aus Bitumen und Mineralstoffen, die im Straßenbau verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-asphalt · Asphalt · German
Asphalt · rank #14,006 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,006
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitern
Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitern (-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 „Asphalt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- anfing
anfing
85,998 corpus weight
- anstehenden
anstehenden
85,997 corpus weight
- Arbeitern
Arbeitern
85,996 corpus weight
- Asphalt
Asphalt
85,995 corpus weight
- Auferstehung
Auferstehung
85,994 corpus weight
- aufsetzen
aufsetzen
85,993 corpus weight
What this shows „Asphalt“ 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 | Asphalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈfalt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Asphalt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Asphalt (IPA [asˈfalt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,006 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine natürliche oder technisch hergestellte Mischung aus Bitumen und Mineralstoffen, die im Straßenbau verwendet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asphalt, with forms such as "apshalt", "ashpalt", and "aspahlt". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "aufhält", "aushält", "Anhalt", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Asphalt, spelled A-S-P-H-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1eine natürliche oder technisch hergestellte Mischung aus Bitumen und Mineralstoffen, die im Straßenbau verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asphalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Straße wird mit Asphalt befestigt.
Der Straßenbelag besteht aus Asphalt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apshalt
- ashpalt
- aspahlt
- asphallt
- asphaltt
- asphatl
- asphhalt
- asphlat
- aspphalt
- assphalt
- saphalt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asphalt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Asphalt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).