Athleten
[atˈleːtn̩]
The verdict
“Athleten” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,677
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Athlet
Corpus desk
Index DE-athleten · Athleten · German
Athleten · rank #8,677 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,677
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anderswo
Nearest frequency peer: anderswo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Athleten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Akzent
Akzent
91,327 corpus weight
- analysieren
analysieren
91,326 corpus weight
- anderswo
anderswo
91,325 corpus weight
- Athleten
Athleten
91,324 corpus weight
- aufmachen
aufmachen
91,323 corpus weight
- aussteigen
aussteigen
91,322 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Athleten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Athleten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [atˈleːtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Athleten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Athleten (IPA [atˈleːtn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,677 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Athleten, with forms such as "ahtleten", "athelten", and "athhleten". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Athlet", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Athleten, spelled A-T-H-L-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Athlet
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Athlet
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Athlet
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Athlet
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Athlet
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Athlet
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Athlet
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahtleten
- athelten
- athhleten
- athleetn
- athletenn
- athletne
- athletten
- athlleten
- athlteen
- atlheten
- atthleten
- tahleten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Athleten - 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.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Athleten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Athleten". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Athlet". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,677 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.