Sonate
[zoˈnaːtə]
The verdict
“Sonate” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,769
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Klangstück mit mehreren Sätzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonate · Sonate · German
Sonate · rank #25,769 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,769
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Smalltalk
Nearest frequency peer: Smalltalk (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Sonate“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- siegreichen
siegreichen
74,236 corpus weight
- simplen
simplen
74,235 corpus weight
- Smalltalk
Smalltalk
74,233 corpus weight
- Sonate
Sonate
74,232 corpus weight
- Spessart
Spessart
74,231 corpus weight
- sprechende
sprechende
74,229 corpus weight
What this shows „Sonate“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zoˈnaːtə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sonate“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Sonate (IPA [zoˈnaːtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,769 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sonate, with forms such as "osnate", "snoate", and "soante". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "sone", "sonst", "Sonne", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sonate, spelled S-O-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1ein Klangstück mit mehreren Sätzen
- 2der Sonatensatz, der erste Satz einer Sonate
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sonate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während sie schweigend nebeneinander hergingen, hörte Thomas plötzlich in seinem Ohr die schöne Weise aus dem Andante der ersten Sonate vom Brahms, die sich seit Tagen in seinem Ohr eingewurmt hatte.“
„Seine Schubladen stecken voller Sonaten, Lieder für Klavier und Gitarre, Messen und Ouvertüren.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osnate
- snoate
- soante
- sonaet
- sonatte
- sonnate
- sontae
- ssonate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sonate - 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 "Sonate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).