Thale

[ˈtaːlə]

/[ˈtaːlə]/ name

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The verdict

“Thale” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,242
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-thale · Thale · German

Thale · rank #37,242 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,242
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Telefonie

Nearest frequency peer: Telefonie (-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 „Thale“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Thale“ 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).

Thale vs that
40% similar
Thale vs Than
60% similar
Thale vs Tolle
60% similar

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

Key facts for Thale
PropertyValue
HeadwordThale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtaːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,242
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Thale“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Telefonie“ (#37,241), „Teer“ (#37,240), „Theben“ (#37,244). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Thale“ bei #37,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Thale (IPA [ˈtaːlə]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,242 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thale, with forms such as "htale", "tahle", and "thael". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "that", "Than", "Tolle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Thale, spelled T-H-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Thale liegt in Deutschlands Osten.
  2. „Wenige Minuten später hielt der Zug in Thale, wo sofort ein Schwarm von Kutschern und Hausdienern aller Art die Coupés umdrängte: ›Hubertusbad!‹ ›Waldkater!‹ ›Zehnpfund!‹“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htale
  • tahle
  • thael
  • thalle
  • thhale
  • thlae
  • tthale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

htale2tahle2thael2thalle1thhale1thlae2tthale1
Edit distance from "Thale"

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 "Thale"?
"Thale" is spelled T-H-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaːlə].
What does "Thale" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thale" means: eine Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
What words are commonly confused with "Thale"?
"Thale" is commonly confused with "that", "Than", "Tolle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thale" is [ˈtaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thale" come from?
"Thale" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trakt#37,248stuft#37,231scans#37,182Watts#37,303

Similar misspelling depth

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

Sabbat7 variantswidme7 variantsrohes7 variantsrammte7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list