smarte

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

[ˈsmaːɐ̯tə]

/[ˈsmaːɐ̯tə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“smarte” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,823
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

smarte vs Start

50% similar

smarte vs sorte

67% similar

smarte vs state

67% similar

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

Key facts for smarte
Property	Value
Headword	smarte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈsmaːɐ̯tə]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#33,823
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “smarte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). smarte lands here:

#33,823

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around smarte (IPA [ˈsmaːɐ̯tə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,823 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for smarte, with forms such as "msarte", "samrte", and "smaret". 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, "Start", "sorte", "state", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is smarte, spelled S-M-A-R-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: msarte,samrte,smaret,smarrte,smartte,smatre,smmarte,smrate,ssmarte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smarte - 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 "smarte"

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 "smarte"?

"smarte" is spelled S-M-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsmaːɐ̯tə].

What does "smarte" mean?

As an adjective, "smarte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs smart

What words are commonly confused with "smarte"?

"smarte" is commonly confused with "Start", "sorte", "state". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "smarte"?

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

What language does "smarte" come from?

"smarte" 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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Using “smarte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-M-A-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈsmaːɐ̯tə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Start” - see the side-by-side comparison. smarte vs Start
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.