malt

[maːlt]

/[maːlt]/ verb

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The verdict

“malt” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,197
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen

Corpus desk

Index DE-malt · malt · German

malt · rank #13,197 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,197
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH manipulieren

Nearest frequency peer: manipulieren (+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 „malt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „malt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

malt vs ml
50% similar
malt vs Mt
25% similar
malt vs mit
50% similar

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

Key facts for malt
PropertyValue
Headwordmalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[maːlt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,197
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „malt“

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „manipulieren“ (#13,198), „Leitfaden“ (#13,195), „map“ (#13,199). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „malt“ bei #13,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around malt (IPA [maːlt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,197 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for malt, with forms such as "amlt", "mallt", and "maltt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ml", "Mt", "mit", and more, 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 malt, spelled M-A-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs malen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amlt
  • mallt
  • maltt
  • matl
  • mlat
  • mmalt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amlt2mallt1maltt1matl2mlat2mmalt1
Edit distance from "malt"

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 "malt"?
"malt" is spelled M-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [maːlt].
What does "malt" mean?
As a verb, "malt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen
What words are commonly confused with "malt"?
"malt" is commonly confused with "ml", "Mt", "mit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malt" is [maːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malt" come from?
"malt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Krug#13,189Kopp#13,188Jana#13,173Egon#13,128

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Miese6 variantsKakao6 variantshattet6 variantswarren6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list