Sylt

[zʏlt]

/[zʏlt]/ name

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The verdict

“Sylt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,145
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu Deutschland gehörige nordfriesische Insel

Corpus desk

Index DE-sylt · Sylt · German

Sylt · rank #17,145 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,145
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stockwerke

Nearest frequency peer: Stockwerke (-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 „Sylt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Sylt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sylt vs syn
25% similar
Sylt vs sy
25% similar
Sylt vs set
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sylt
PropertyValue
HeadwordSylt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zʏlt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,145
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sylt“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Syltliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Stockwerke“ (#17,144), „systematischen“ (#17,146), „stifte“ (#17,143). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sylt“ bei #17,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Sylt (IPA [zʏlt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,145 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu Deutschland gehörige nordfriesische Insel".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sylt, with forms such as "slyt", "ssylt", and "syllt". 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, "syn", "sy", "set", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sylt, spelled S-Y-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu Deutschland gehörige nordfriesische Insel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sylt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sylt gilt als Urlaubsparadies.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • slyt
  • ssylt
  • syllt
  • syltt
  • sytl
  • syylt
  • yslt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sylt - 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.

slyt2ssylt1syllt1syltt1sytl2syylt1yslt2
Edit distance from "Sylt"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sylt"?
"Sylt" is spelled S-Y-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zʏlt].
What does "Sylt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sylt" means: zu Deutschland gehörige nordfriesische Insel
What words are commonly confused with "Sylt"?
"Sylt" is commonly confused with "syn", "sy", "set". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sylt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sylt" is [zʏlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sylt" come from?
"Sylt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sylt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

then#17,149Riga#17,112Orts#17,087Igor#17,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list