Altstadt
\altʃtat\
The verdict
“Altstadt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieille ville, centre ville historique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-altstadt · Altstadt · French
Altstadt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altstadt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \altʃtat\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Altstadt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \altʃtat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vieille ville, centre ville historique.".
Altstadt has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Altstadt, spelled A-L-T-S-T-A-D-T.
Definition
- 1Vieille ville, centre ville historique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Altstadt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Altstadt von Prag gibt es Gebäude aus dem 14. Jahrhundert.
In diesem Foto hebt sich die Silhouette der Altstadt wunderschön vom hellblauen Himmel ab.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.