salto

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The verdict

“salto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,382
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-salto · salto · German

salto · rank #38,382 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,382
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salome

Nearest frequency peer: Salome (-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 „salto“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „salto“ 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).

salto vs Sat
40% similar
salto vs são
40% similar
salto vs Satz
40% similar

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

Key facts for salto
PropertyValue
Headwordsalto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,382
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „salto“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.saltoliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Salome“ (#38,381), „sana“ (#38,383), „Saldo“ (#38,380). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „salto“ bei #38,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around salto (IPA […]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,382 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saltare".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for salto, with forms such as "aslto", "sallto", and "salot". 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, "Sat", "são", "Satz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 salto, spelled S-A-L-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saltare

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aslto
  • sallto
  • salot
  • saltto
  • satlo
  • slato
  • ssalto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aslto2sallto1salot2saltto1satlo2slato2ssalto1
Edit distance from "salto"

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 "salto"?
"salto" is spelled S-A-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "salto" mean?
As a verb, "salto" means: 1. Person Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saltare
What words are commonly confused with "salto"?
"salto" is commonly confused with "Sat", "são", "Satz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salto" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salto" come from?
"salto" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list