Afrikanern

[afʁiˈkaːnɐn]

/[afʁiˈkaːnɐn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Afrikanern” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,681
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Afrikaner

Corpus desk

Index DE-afrikanern · Afrikanern · German

Afrikanern · rank #48,681 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,681
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adressat

Nearest frequency peer: Adressat (-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 „Afrikanern“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Afrikanern“ 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).

Afrikanern vs Amerikanern
82% similar
Afrikanern vs Afrikaner
90% similar

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

Key facts for Afrikanern
PropertyValue
HeadwordAfrikanern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[afʁiˈkaːnɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#48,681
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Afrikanern“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Afrikanernliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Adressat“ (#48,680), „ages“ (#48,682), „abnormal“ (#48,679). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Afrikanern“ bei #48,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Afrikanern (IPA [afʁiˈkaːnɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,681 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Afrikaner".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Afrikanern, with forms such as "affrikanern", "afirkanern", and "afriaknern". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Amerikanern", "Afrikaner", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Afrikanern, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Afrikaner

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affrikanern
  • afirkanern
  • afriaknern
  • afrikaenrn
  • afrikanenr
  • afrikanernn
  • afrikanerrn
  • afrikannern
  • afrikanren
  • afrikkanern
  • afriknaern
  • afrkianern
  • afrrikanern
  • arfikanern
  • farikanern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Afrikanern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

affrikanern1afirkanern2afriaknern2afrikaenrn2afrikanenr2afrikanernn1afrikanerrn1afrikannern1
Edit distance from "Afrikanern"

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 "Afrikanern"?
"Afrikanern" is spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [afʁiˈkaːnɐn].
What does "Afrikanern" mean?
As a noun, "Afrikanern" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Afrikaner
What words are commonly confused with "Afrikanern"?
"Afrikanern" is commonly confused with "Amerikanern", "Afrikaner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Afrikanern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Afrikanern" is [afʁiˈkaːnɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Afrikanern" come from?
"Afrikanern" 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 "Afrikanern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list