sollte

/[ˈzɔltə]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#163

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sollte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen Pronounced [ˈzɔltə]. It ranks #163 in German word frequency. Often confused with sorte and sorgte.

Key facts for sollte
PropertyValue
Headwordsollte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzɔltə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#163
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sollte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sollte is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔltə]. Corpus data places it at rank #163 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sollte, with forms such as "osllte", "slolte", and "sollet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sorte", "sorgte", "Spalte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sollte, spelled S-O-L-L-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osllte,slolte,sollet,solltte,solte,soltle,ssollte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sollte

Misspelling Variants of "sollte"

osllte6slolte6sollet6solltte7solte5soltle6ssollte7
Misspelling Variants of "sollte"

Frequency rank: #163 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sollte"?
"sollte" is spelled S-O-L-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔltə].
What does "sollte" mean?
As a verb, "sollte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sollen
What words are commonly confused with "sollte"?
"sollte" is commonly confused with "sorte", "sorgte", "Spalte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sollte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sollte" is [ˈzɔltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sollte" come from?
"sollte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.