Spaltung
[ˈʃpaltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Spaltung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,266
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilung durch Einwirkung
Corpus desk
Index DE-spaltung · Spaltung · German
Spaltung · rank #9,266 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,266
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Skala
Nearest frequency peer: Skala (-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 „Spaltung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- siebten
siebten
90,738 corpus weight
- sinnvolle
sinnvolle
90,737 corpus weight
- Skala
Skala
90,736 corpus weight
- Spaltung
Spaltung
90,735 corpus weight
- Spielplatz
Spielplatz
90,734 corpus weight
- sportlichen
sportlichen
90,733 corpus weight
What this shows „Spaltung“ 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 | Spaltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spaltung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Spaltung (IPA [ˈʃpaltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,266 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Teilung durch Einwirkung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spaltung, with forms such as "psaltung", "sapltung", and "spalltung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Spülung", "Spannung", "spalten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Spaltung, spelled S-P-A-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Teilung durch Einwirkung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manche hatten Angst vor einer Spaltung der SPD.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psaltung
- sapltung
- spalltung
- spaltnug
- spalttung
- spaltugn
- spaltungg
- spaltunng
- spalutng
- spatlung
- splatung
- sppaltung
- sspaltung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spaltung - 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 "Spaltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).