glänzte

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

[ˈɡlɛnt͡stə]

/[ˈɡlɛnt͡stə]/ verb

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

The verdict

“glänzte” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,211
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-glanzte · glänzte · German

glänzte · rank #35,211 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,211
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Glock

Nearest frequency peer: Glock (-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.

Gifte

64,793
Gipfeltreff…

64,792
Glock

64,791
glänzte

64,790
gläsernen

64,789
Godzilla

64,788

What this shows „glänzte“ 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).

glänzte vs Glatze

43% similar

glänzte vs Glätte

57% similar

glänzte vs glaubte

57% similar

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

Key facts for glänzte
Property	Value
Headword	glänzte
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈɡlɛnt͡stə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#35,211
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	10
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „glänzte“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.glänzteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#35,211

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Glock“ (#35,210), „gläsernen“ (#35,212), „Gipfeltreffen“ (#35,209). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „glänzte“ bei #35,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around glänzte (IPA [ˈɡlɛnt͡stə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,211 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for glänzte, with forms such as "gglänzte", "gllänzte", and "glnäzte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Glatze", "Glätte", "glaubte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is glänzte, spelled G-L-Ä-N-Z-T-E.

Definition

1
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen
2
1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen
3
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen
4
3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

gglänzte
gllänzte
glnäzte
glännzte
gläntze
glänzet
glänztte
glänzzte
gläznte
gälnzte
lgänzte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "glänzte"

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 "glänzte"?

"glänzte" is spelled G-L-Ä-N-Z-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlɛnt͡stə].

What does "glänzte" mean?

As a verb, "glänzte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs glänzen

What words are commonly confused with "glänzte"?

"glänzte" is commonly confused with "Glatze", "Glätte", "glaubte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "glänzte"?

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

What language does "glänzte" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glänzte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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