Sultans
[ˈzʊltaːns]
The verdict
“Sultans” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,656
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sultan
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 | Sultans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzʊltaːns] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sultans” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sultans (IPA [ˈzʊltaːns]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,656 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sultan".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sultans, with forms such as "slutans", "ssultans", and "sulatns". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Sultan", "Satans", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Sultans, spelled S-U-L-T-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sultan
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: slutans,ssultans,sulatns,sulltans,sultanns,sultanss,sultasn,sultnas,sulttans,sutlans,usltans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sultans - 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 “Sultans”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-U-L-T-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzʊltaːns] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Sultan” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sultans vs Sultan
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.