American

[əˈmerɪkən]

/[əˈmerɪkən]/ adj

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The verdict

“American” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,240
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den USA zugehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-american · American · German

American · rank #5,240 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,240
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Allianz

Nearest frequency peer: Allianz (-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 „American“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „American“ 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).

American vs Amerika
75% similar
American vs Amerikas
75% similar
American vs America
88% similar

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

Key facts for American
PropertyValue
HeadwordAmerican
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[əˈmerɪkən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,240
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „American“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Americanliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Allianz“ (#5,239), „anzusehen“ (#5,241), „absoluten“ (#5,238). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „American“ bei #5,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around American (IPA [əˈmerɪkən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,240 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for American, with forms such as "aemrican", "ameircan", and "amercian". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Amerika", "Amerikas", "America", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is American, spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den USA zugehörig
  2. 2
    Nordamerika oder Südamerika zugehörig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aemrican
  • ameircan
  • amercian
  • ameriacn
  • americann
  • americcan
  • americna
  • amerrican
  • ammerican
  • amreican
  • maerican

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aemrican2ameircan2amercian2ameriacn2americann1americcan1americna2amerrican1
Edit distance from "American"

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 "American"?
"American" is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈmerɪkən].
What does "American" mean?
As an adjective, "American" means: den USA zugehörig
What words are commonly confused with "American"?
"American" is commonly confused with "Amerika", "Amerikas", "America". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "American"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "American" is [əˈmerɪkən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "American" come from?
"American" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "American", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Diagnose#5,253unsicher#5,227doppelte#5,254dortigen#5,255

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Vorfeld11 variantsregional11 variantsKanzler11 variantsKonzern11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list