Statthalter
[ˈʃtatˌhaltɐ]
The verdict
“Statthalter” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,047 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,047
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verwalter einer Provinz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Statthalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatˌhaltɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #19,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Statthalter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Statthalter is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtatˌhaltɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,047 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verwalter einer Provinz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Statthalter, with forms such as "sattthalter", "sstatthalter", and "stathalter". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Statthalter, spelled S-T-A-T-T-H-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Verwalter einer Provinz
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sattthalter,sstatthalter,stathalter,stathtalter,stattahlter,statthaletr,statthallter,statthalterr,statthaltre,statthaltter,statthatler,statthhalter,statthlater,sttathalter,sttatthalter,tsatthalter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Statthalter - 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 “Statthalter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-T-T-H-A-L-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtatˌhaltɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.