sanftes

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

[ˈzanftəs]

/[ˈzanftəs]/ adj

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

The verdict

“sanftes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,441
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft

Corpus desk

Index DE-sanftes · sanftes · German

sanftes · rank #41,441 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #41,441
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Sammlern

Nearest frequency peer: Sammlern (-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.

Sakristei

58,562
Sammlern

58,561
sanftes

58,560
Saphir

58,559
SAR

58,558
Satzungen

58,557

What this shows „sanftes“ 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).

sanftes vs Santos

57% similar

sanftes vs Stiftes

57% similar

sanftes vs sanft

71% similar

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

Key facts for sanftes
Property	Value
Headword	sanftes
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈzanftəs]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#41,441
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sanftes“

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

#41,441

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sammlern“ (#41,440), „Saphir“ (#41,442), „Sakristei“ (#41,439). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sanftes“ bei #41,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sanftes (IPA [ˈzanftəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,441 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sanftes, with forms such as "asnftes", "safntes", and "sanfets". 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, "Santos", "Stiftes", "sanft", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sanftes, spelled S-A-N-F-T-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

asnftes
safntes
sanfets
sanfftes
sanftess
sanftse
sanfttes
sannftes
santfes
snaftes
ssanftes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "sanftes"

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 "sanftes"?

"sanftes" is spelled S-A-N-F-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzanftəs].

What does "sanftes" mean?

As an adjective, "sanftes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sanft

What words are commonly confused with "sanftes"?

"sanftes" is commonly confused with "Santos", "Stiftes", "sanft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sanftes"?

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

What language does "sanftes" come from?

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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