Than
[taːn]
The verdict
“Than” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,037
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefolgsmann des Königs oder eines Fürsten bei den Angelsachsen; seit dem 10. Jahrhundert erblicher Großgrundbesitzer
Corpus desk
Index DE-than · Than · German
Than · rank #13,037 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,037
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Themas
Nearest frequency peer: Themas (+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 „Than“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Szenarien
Szenarien
86,967 corpus weight
- Tarife
Tarife
86,966 corpus weight
- Than
Than
86,964 corpus weight
- Themas
Themas
86,963 corpus weight
- tiefsten
tiefsten
86,962 corpus weight
- Titelvertei…
Titelverteidiger
86,961 corpus weight
What this shows „Than“ 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 | Than |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [taːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Than“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Than (IPA [taːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,037 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gefolgsmann des Königs oder eines Fürsten bei den Angelsachsen; seit dem 10. Jahrhundert erblicher Großgrundbesitzer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Than, with forms such as "htan", "tahn", and "thann". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tun", "Ton", "tja", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Than, spelled T-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Gefolgsmann des Königs oder eines Fürsten bei den Angelsachsen; seit dem 10. Jahrhundert erblicher Großgrundbesitzer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Than appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Pfande nur der größern Ehren, die er dir bestimmt, befahl uns der Monarch, dich Than von Cawdor zu grüßen, und in diesem neuen Titel heil dir, ruhmwürd’ger Cawdor, denn du bist’s!
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Hüte dich vor Macduff ! Hüte dich vor dem Than von Fife! - - Entlaßt mich - - Genug!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htan
- tahn
- thann
- thhan
- thna
- tthan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Than - 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 "Than", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).