Spaten
[ˈʃpaːtn̩]
The verdict
“Spaten” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,063
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schaufelähnliches Werkzeug zum Umgraben der Erde
Corpus desk
Index DE-spaten · Spaten · German
Spaten · rank #27,063 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,063
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sold
Nearest frequency peer: Sold (-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 „Spaten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Skigebiet
Skigebiet
72,942 corpus weight
- slave
slave
72,941 corpus weight
- Sold
Sold
72,939 corpus weight
- Spaten
Spaten
72,938 corpus weight
- Stalingrad
Stalingrad
72,935 corpus weight
- starrte
starrte
72,934 corpus weight
What this shows „Spaten“ 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 | Spaten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːtn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spaten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Spaten (IPA [ˈʃpaːtn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,063 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spaten, with forms such as "psaten", "sapten", and "spaetn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "state", "Spatz", "Späth", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spaten, spelled S-P-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1schaufelähnliches Werkzeug zum Umgraben der Erde
- 2äußerst dummer Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spaten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Spaten ist sehr schmal.
„Denn selber Frühaufsteher, sah er, so früh er auch aufstand, seinen Pächter schon immer ungewaschen und ungekämmt mit Hacke und Spaten und Sichel emsig bei der Arbeit.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psaten
- sapten
- spaetn
- spatenn
- spatne
- spatten
- sppaten
- sptaen
- sspaten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spaten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Spaten", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).