Satz
[zat͡s]
The verdict
“Satz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,022
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgeschlossener, nach grammatischen Regeln aufgebauter, sprachlich geäußerter Gedanke; grammatikalische Einheit, bestehend aus einem finiten Verb und allen von diesem Verb verlangten Satzgliedern
Corpus desk
Index DE-satz · Satz · German
Satz · rank #1,022 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,022
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Samstag
Nearest frequency peer: Samstag (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Satz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Reich
Reich
98,982 corpus weight
- rot
rot
98,981 corpus weight
- Samstag
Samstag
98,980 corpus weight
- Satz
Satz
98,979 corpus weight
- teilen
teilen
98,978 corpus weight
- Themen
Themen
98,977 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Satz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Satz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zat͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Satz” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Satz (IPA [zat͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,022 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Satz, with forms such as "astz", "sattz", and "satzz". 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, "SZ", "set", "Sau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Satz, spelled S-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1abgeschlossener, nach grammatischen Regeln aufgebauter, sprachlich geäußerter Gedanke; grammatikalische Einheit, bestehend aus einem finiten Verb und allen von diesem Verb verlangten Satzgliedern
- 2aus bestimmten Einzelelementen (nach Anzahl) zusammengesetzte Einheit, etwas Zusammengehöriges, etwas Zusammengesetztes
- 3Teil, Abschnitt eines Spiels
- 4etwas, was sich gesetzt hat oder abgesetzt wurde (feste Bestandteile in einer Flüssigkeit)
- 5Sprung oder großer Schritt
- 6gängiges, übliches, festgelegtes, vereinbartes Maß
- 7Teil eines Musikstückes
- 8eine Generation Jungtiere
- 9Gruppe zusammengehörender Daten
- 10Hinweis auf eine Gefahr, ein Risiko, ein Sicherheitshinweis
- 11etwas Gesetztes im Druckwesen
- 12bewiesener Sachverhalt
- 13Satz, mit dem eine Lehre oder Meinung zum Ausdruck gebracht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Satz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Antworte im ganzen Satz.
„Wer spricht oder schreibt, muß sich darüber klar sein, daß es eine natürliche Grenze für die Länge eines Satzes gibt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- astz
- sattz
- satzz
- sazt
- ssatz
- staz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Satz - 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.
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 "Satz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Satz". Here's where to go from here.
- "Satz" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SZ". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,022 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.