ähnliches
[ˈɛːnlɪçəs]
The verdict
“ähnliches” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,243
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-ahnliches · ähnliches · German
ähnliches · rank #4,243 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,243
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH wunderschön
Nearest frequency peer: wunderschön (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ähnliches”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wirkte
wirkte
95,761 corpus weight
- woran
woran
95,760 corpus weight
- wunderschön
wunderschön
95,759 corpus weight
- ähnliches
ähnliches
95,758 corpus weight
- übernahm
übernahm
95,757 corpus weight
- abkommen
abkommen
95,756 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ähnliches” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ähnliches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛːnlɪçəs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ähnliches” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around ähnliches (IPA [ˈɛːnlɪçəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,243 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ähnliches, with forms such as "hänliches", "ähhnliches", and "ählniches". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ähnlich", "ähnliche", "ähnlichen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ähnliches, spelled Ä-H-N-L-I-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs ähnlich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hänliches
- ähhnliches
- ählniches
- ähnilches
- ähnlcihes
- ähnlicches
- ähnlicehs
- ähnlichess
- ähnlichhes
- ähnlichse
- ähnlihces
- ähnlliches
- ähnnliches
- änhliches
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ähnliches - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ähnliches", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.