Ajax
[ˈaːjaks]
The verdict
“Ajax” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,601
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sagenhafte/homerische Helden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ajax · Ajax · German
Ajax · rank #24,601 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,601
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ader
Nearest frequency peer: Ader (-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 „Ajax“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Abwertung
Abwertung
75,403 corpus weight
- acts
acts
75,402 corpus weight
- Ader
Ader
75,401 corpus weight
- Ajax
Ajax
75,400 corpus weight
- Alexandria
Alexandria
75,399 corpus weight
- anfreunden
anfreunden
75,397 corpus weight
What this shows „Ajax“ 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 | Ajax |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːjaks] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ajax“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ajax (IPA [ˈaːjaks]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,601 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ajax, with forms such as "aajx", "ajaxx", and "ajjax". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aka", "aua", "ANA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ajax, spelled A-J-A-X.
Definition
- 1sagenhafte/homerische Helden
- 2sagenhafte/homerische Helden
- 3sagenhafte/homerische Helden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ajax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ajax fuhr zur Thrakischen Halbinsel und zwang den König Polymnestor, die Allianz mit Priamos aufzugeben. Später überfiel er Phrygien, zerstörte das Königreich des Teleutas und verschleppte dessen Tochter Tekmessa.“
„Bei den Wettspielen zu Ehren des Patroklos findet auch ein Wettlauf zwischen Odysseus und dem kleinen Ajax statt, und die Göttin Athene zaubert einen Haufen von Kuhmist auf den Weg des Ajax, der darüber strauchelt: Es siegt Odysseus.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aajx
- ajaxx
- ajjax
- ajxa
- jaax
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ajax - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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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 (5 here; floor ≥5).