passte

[ˈpastə]

/[ˈpastə]/ verb

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The verdict

“passte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,719
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-passte · passte · German

passte · rank #10,719 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,719
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pas

Nearest frequency peer: pas (-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 „passte“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „passte“ 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).

passte vs Pate
50% similar
passte vs past
67% similar
passte vs Pause
50% similar

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

Key facts for passte
PropertyValue
Headwordpasste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpastə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,719
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „passte“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).passteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „pas“ (#10,718), „patent“ (#10,720), „Oxford“ (#10,717). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „passte“ bei #10,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around passte (IPA [ˈpastə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,719 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for passte, with forms such as "apsste", "passet", and "passtte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pate", "past", "Pause", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is passte, spelled P-A-S-S-T-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsste
  • passet
  • passtte
  • pastse
  • paßte
  • ppasste
  • psaste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apsste2passet2passtte1pastse2paßte2ppasste1psaste2
Edit distance from "passte"

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 "passte"?
"passte" is spelled P-A-S-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpastə].
What does "passte" mean?
As a verb, "passte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs passen
What words are commonly confused with "passte"?
"passte" is commonly confused with "Pate", "past", "Pause". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "passte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passte" is [ˈpastə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passte" come from?
"passte" 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 "passte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

patent#10,720Oxford#10,717Perlen#10,721Reichs#10,734

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

metro7 variantsloben7 variantsKummer7 variantsSwiss7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list