Sultan
[ˈzʊltaːn]
The verdict
“Sultan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,178
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - islamischer Herrschertitel, der ab dem 10. Jahrhundert in verschiedenen Epochen und Gegenden der Welt benutzt wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-sultan · Sultan · German
Sultan · rank #12,178 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,178
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stückchen
Nearest frequency peer: Stückchen (-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 „Sultan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Spree
Spree
87,826 corpus weight
- Stadtwerke
Stadtwerke
87,825 corpus weight
- Stückchen
Stückchen
87,824 corpus weight
- Sultan
Sultan
87,823 corpus weight
- Söder
Söder
87,822 corpus weight
- Taschenbuch
Taschenbuch
87,821 corpus weight
What this shows „Sultan“ 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 | Sultan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzʊltaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sultan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sultan (IPA [ˈzʊltaːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,178 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "islamischer Herrschertitel, der ab dem 10. Jahrhundert in verschiedenen Epochen und Gegenden der Welt benutzt wurde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sultan, with forms such as "slutan", "ssultan", and "sulatn". 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 also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Sultans", "stan", "Satan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sultan, spelled S-U-L-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1islamischer Herrschertitel, der ab dem 10. Jahrhundert in verschiedenen Epochen und Gegenden der Welt benutzt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sultan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Orenburg warteten drei kirgisische Sultane, die mit großem Gefolge angereist waren, um den Mann zu treffen, der alles wußte.“
„Es gelang ihm, alle wichtigen Leute zu treffen, vom Vizepräsidenten der Burenrepublik Transvaal über den Sultan von Sansibar bis zum Khediven von Ägypten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- slutan
- ssultan
- sulatn
- sulltan
- sultann
- sultna
- sulttan
- sutlan
- usltan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sultan - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sultan", 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).