Ortsteil
[ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Ortsteil” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,434
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgegrenzter beziehungsweise mit eigenem Namen versehener Teil eines Ortes, einer Stadt oder Gemeinde
Corpus desk
Index DE-ortsteil · Ortsteil · German
Ortsteil · rank #8,434 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,434
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Offiziere
Nearest frequency peer: Offiziere (-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 „Ortsteil“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- NSDAP
NSDAP
91,569 corpus weight
- Offiziere
Offiziere
91,568 corpus weight
- Ortsteil
Ortsteil
91,567 corpus weight
- Outfit
Outfit
91,566 corpus weight
- Ozean
Ozean
91,565 corpus weight
- passierte
passierte
91,564 corpus weight
What this shows „Ortsteil“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ortsteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ortsteil“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Ortsteil (IPA [ˈɔʁt͡sˌtaɪ̯l]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,434 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "abgegrenzter beziehungsweise mit eigenem Namen versehener Teil eines Ortes, einer Stadt oder Gemeinde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ortsteil, with forms such as "orrtsteil", "orstteil", and "ortsetil". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Ortszeit", "Ortsteile", "Ortsteilen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ortsteil, spelled O-R-T-S-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1abgegrenzter beziehungsweise mit eigenem Namen versehener Teil eines Ortes, einer Stadt oder Gemeinde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ortsteil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ehrenbreitstein war früher eine selbständige Stadt und ist heute ein Ortsteil von Koblenz.
„Sie gingen weiter Richtung Golfplatz und durch einen Ortsteil namens J´örundarholt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orrtsteil
- orstteil
- ortsetil
- ortssteil
- ortsteill
- ortsteli
- ortstiel
- ortstteil
- orttseil
- orttsteil
- otrsteil
- rotsteil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ortsteil - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ortsteil", 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).