glatt
[ɡlat]
The verdict
“glatt” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,435) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,435
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Rauigkeiten und Unebenheiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-glatt · glatt · German
glatt · rank #4,435 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,435
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Genehmigung
Nearest frequency peer: Genehmigung (-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 “glatt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fünften
fünften
95,569 corpus weight
- Gebühren
Gebühren
95,568 corpus weight
- Genehmigung
Genehmigung
95,567 corpus weight
- glatt
glatt
95,566 corpus weight
- Goethe
Goethe
95,565 corpus weight
- günstiger
günstiger
95,563 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “glatt” 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 | glatt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡlat] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glatt” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for glatt is neighbouring look-alikes ("Gott", "Grat", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ɡlat]. Frequency #4,435 among 54,401 “G” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for glatt, with forms such as "gglatt", "gllatt", and "gltat". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gott", "Grat", "Glut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is glatt, spelled G-L-A-T-T.
Definition
- 1ohne Rauigkeiten und Unebenheiten
- 2rutschig (aber nicht schmierig), zum Beispiel durch Eis
- 3keine Schwierigkeiten habend; mühelos
- 4lustig, fidel, humorvoll
- 5unendlich oft (stetig) differenzierbar
- 6ohne Umstände, schlichtweg, schlechterdings
- 7weder liniert noch kariert
- 8fein gemahlen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glatt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Oma hatte eine Haut so glatt wie mit zwanzig.
Nach dem Schleifen und Polieren war der Stahl am glattesten; jetzt hat er schon wieder kleine Unebenheiten.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglatt
- gllatt
- gltat
- lgatt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glatt - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glatt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.