Spätsommer
[ˈʃpɛːtˌzɔmɐ]
The verdict
“Spätsommer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,062
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeitabschnitt im Jahr unmittelbar vor dem Herbst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spätsommer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːtˌzɔmɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spätsommer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Spätsommer (IPA [ˈʃpɛːtˌzɔmɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,062 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zeitabschnitt im Jahr unmittelbar vor dem Herbst".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spätsommer, with forms such as "psätsommer", "sppätsommer", and "sptäsommer". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spätsommer, spelled S-P-Ä-T-S-O-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Zeitabschnitt im Jahr unmittelbar vor dem Herbst
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psätsommer,sppätsommer,sptäsommer,spästommer,spätosmmer,spätsmomer,spätsomemr,spätsomer,spätsommerr,spätsommre,spätssommer,spättsommer,sspätsommer,säptsommer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spätsommer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Spätsommer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-Ä-T-S-O-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɛːtˌzɔmɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.