Spätantike

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

[ˈʃpɛːtʔanˌtiːkə]

/[ˈʃpɛːtʔanˌtiːkə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Spätantike” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,292
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Zeit der ausgehenden Antike

Corpus desk

Index DE-spatantike · Spätantike · German

Spätantike · rank #46,292 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,292
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH spritz

Nearest frequency peer: spritz (-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.

Spielart

53,713
Spielsucht

53,712
spioniert

53,711
spritz

53,710
Spätantike

53,709
Stationieru…

53,706

What this shows „Spätantike“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Spätantike
Property	Value
Headword	Spätantike
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʃpɛːtʔanˌtiːkə]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#46,292
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spätantike“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Spätantikeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#46,292

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spritz“ (#46,291), „spioniert“ (#46,290), „Spielsucht“ (#46,289). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spätantike“ bei #46,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Spätantike (IPA [ˈʃpɛːtʔanˌtiːkə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,292 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spätantike, with forms such as "psätantike", "sppätantike", and "sptäantike". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spätantike, spelled S-P-Ä-T-A-N-T-I-K-E.

Definition

1
die Zeit der ausgehenden Antike
2
Kunstwerke aus der Spätantike

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spätantike appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Die Küstenstadt, rund zehn Kilometer vom heutigen Tunis entfernt, war in der Spätantike neben Rom die bedeutendste Großansiedlung des Weströmischen Reiches.“
„Ihr Kult breitete sich von Zentralgallien aus, sie wurde, wie Weiheinschriften zeigen, bis in die Spätantike verehrt.“

This word in other languages

Late Antiquity(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

psätantike
sppätantike
sptäantike
späatntike
spätanitke
spätanntike
spätantiek
spätantikke
spätantkie
spätanttike
spätatnike
spätnatike
spättantike
sspätantike
säptantike

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

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 "Spätantike"?

"Spätantike" is spelled S-P-Ä-T-A-N-T-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːtʔanˌtiːkə].

What does "Spätantike" mean?

As a noun, "Spätantike" means: die Zeit der ausgehenden Antike

What are common misspellings of "Spätantike"?

Common misspellings include "psätantike", "sppätantike", "sptäantike", "späatntike", "spätanitke". The correct spelling is "Spätantike".

How do you pronounce "Spätantike"?

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

What language does "Spätantike" come from?

"Spätantike" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spätantike", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spielsucht#46,289 Soundcheck#46,284 Siegerland#46,280 seelischer#46,272

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Stöckchen15 variants Schwätzer15 variants Schulgeld15 variants schnitzen15 variants