sämtlichen

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

[ˈzɛmtlɪçn̩]

/[ˈzɛmtlɪçn̩]/ adj

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

The verdict

“sämtlichen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,129
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-samtlichen · sämtlichen · German

sämtlichen · rank #11,129 · 16 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #11,129
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH sympathie

Nearest frequency peer: sympathie (-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.

Stadien

88,875
SW

88,874
sympathie

88,873
sämtlichen

88,872
their

88,870
tippen

88,869

What this shows „sämtlichen“ 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).

sämtlichen vs sämtlicher

90% similar

sämtlichen vs seitlichen

80% similar

sämtlichen vs staatlichen

73% similar

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

Key facts for sämtlichen
Property	Value
Headword	sämtlichen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzɛmtlɪçn̩]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#11,129
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sämtlichen“

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

#11,129

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „sympathie“ (#11,128), „SW“ (#11,127), „their“ (#11,131). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sämtlichen“ bei #11,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around sämtlichen (IPA [ˈzɛmtlɪçn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,129 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sämtlichen, with forms such as "smätlichen", "ssämtlichen", and "sämltichen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sämtlicher", "seitlichen", "staatlichen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sämtlichen, spelled S-Ä-M-T-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

1
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
3
Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
4
Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
5
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
6
Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
7
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
8
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
9
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
10
Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
11
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich
12
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

smätlichen
ssämtlichen
sämltichen
sämmtlichen
sämtilchen
sämtlcihen
sämtlicchen
sämtlicehn
sämtlichenn
sämtlichhen
sämtlichne
sämtlihcen
sämtllichen
sämttlichen
sätmlichen
äsmtlichen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sämtlichen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "sämtlichen"

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 "sämtlichen"?

"sämtlichen" is spelled S-Ä-M-T-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛmtlɪçn̩].

What does "sämtlichen" mean?

As an adjective, "sämtlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sämtlich

What words are commonly confused with "sämtlichen"?

"sämtlichen" is commonly confused with "sämtlicher", "seitlichen", "staatlichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sämtlichen"?

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

What language does "sämtlichen" come from?

"sämtlichen" 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 "sämtlichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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