ähnliche

/[ˈɛːnlɪçə]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,420

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

ähnliche is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich Pronounced [ˈɛːnlɪçə]. It ranks #2,420 in German word frequency. Often confused with amtliche and ähnlichen.

Key facts for ähnliche
PropertyValue
Headwordähnliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɛːnlɪçə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,420
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ähnliche in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ähnliche is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛːnlɪçə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,420 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ähnliche, with forms such as "hänliche", "ähhnliche", and "ählniche". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "amtliche", "ähnlichen", "ähnliches", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ähnliche, spelled Ä-H-N-L-I-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hänliche,ähhnliche,ählniche,ähnilche,ähnlcihe,ähnlicche,ähnliceh,ähnlichhe,ähnlihce,ähnlliche,ähnnliche,änhliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ähnliche

Misspelling Variants of "ähnliche"

hänliche8ähhnliche9ählniche8ähnilche8ähnlcihe8ähnlicche9ähnliceh8ähnlichhe9
Misspelling Variants of "ähnliche"

Frequency rank: #2,420 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ähnliche"?
"ähnliche" is spelled Ä-H-N-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːnlɪçə].
What does "ähnliche" mean?
As an adj, "ähnliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
What words are commonly confused with "ähnliche"?
"ähnliche" is commonly confused with "amtliche", "ähnlichen", "ähnliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ähnliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ähnliche" is [ˈɛːnlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ähnliche" come from?
"ähnliche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.