Haltung

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

[ˈhaltʊŋ]

/[ˈhaltʊŋ]/ noun

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

The verdict

“Haltung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,546
frequency rank, German: 3,372
“H” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (bezüglich des Stehens, Gehens oder Sitzens) Art und Weise, den Körper, insbesondere das Rückgrat zu halten; Körperhaltung

Corpus desk

Index DE-haltung · Haltung · German

Haltung · rank #2,546 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,546
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,372
PHOTO-FINISH getrennt

Nearest frequency peer: getrennt (-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.

Französische

97,458
funktionier…

97,457
getrennt

97,456
Haltung

97,455
Island

97,454
Jugendlichen

97,453

What this shows „Haltung“ 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).

Haltung vs Hartung

86% similar

Haltung vs Haltungen

78% similar

Haltung vs halten

57% similar

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

Key facts for Haltung
Property	Value
Headword	Haltung
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈhaltʊŋ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#2,546
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Haltung“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Haltungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#2,546

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „getrennt“ (#2,545), „Island“ (#2,547), „funktionieren“ (#2,544). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Haltung“ bei #2,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Haltung (IPA [ˈhaltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,546 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Haltung, with forms such as "ahltung", "halltung", and "haltnug". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Hartung", "Haltungen", "halten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Haltung, spelled H-A-L-T-U-N-G.

Definition

1
(bezüglich des Stehens, Gehens oder Sitzens) Art und Weise, den Körper, insbesondere das Rückgrat zu halten; Körperhaltung
2
jemandes Denken und Handeln prägende innere (Grund-)Einstellung
3
durch eine bestimmte innere Einstellung, Verfassung, hervorgerufenes Verhalten, Auftreten
4
(am Verhalten, Auftreten ersichtliche) Beherrschtheit; innere Fassung
5
das Halten von Lebewesen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Haltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Jeder Arzt empfiehlt: Wer Probleme mit der Haltung hat, sollte regelmäßig schwimmen gehen!
„Die Arme werden in einer ergebenen Haltung ausgebreitet, mit nach oben weisenden Handflächen.“

This word in other languages

posture(English)porta(Español)maintien(Français)postura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ahltung
halltung
haltnug
halttung
haltugn
haltungg
haltunng
halutng
hatlung
hhaltung
hlatung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Haltung - 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 "Haltung"

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 "Haltung"?

"Haltung" is spelled H-A-L-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaltʊŋ].

What does "Haltung" mean?

As a noun, "Haltung" means: (bezüglich des Stehens, Gehens oder Sitzens) Art und Weise, den Körper, insbesondere das Rückgrat zu halten; Körperhaltung

What words are commonly confused with "Haltung"?

"Haltung" is commonly confused with "Hartung", "Haltungen", "halten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Haltung"?

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

What language does "Haltung" come from?

"Haltung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Haltung", 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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