Amerikanern

Name: Amerikanern, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ameʁiˈkaːnɐn]

/[ameʁiˈkaːnɐn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Amerikanern” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,001
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-amerikanern · Amerikanern · German

Amerikanern · rank #14,001 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #14,001
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH Amanda

Nearest frequency peer: Amanda (-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.

aggressiven

86,003
Aliens

86,002
Amanda

86,001
Amerikanern

86,000
amüsant

85,999
anfing

85,998

What this shows „Amerikanern“ 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).

Amerikanern vs Amerikaner

91% similar

Amerikanern vs Afrikanern

82% similar

Amerikanern vs Amerikanerin

92% similar

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

Key facts for Amerikanern
Property	Value
Headword	Amerikanern
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ameʁiˈkaːnɐn]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#14,001
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Amerikanern“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Amerikanernliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#14,001

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Amanda“ (#14,000), „amüsant“ (#14,002), „Aliens“ (#13,999). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Amerikanern“ bei #14,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Amerikanern (IPA [ameʁiˈkaːnɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,001 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Amerikaner".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amerikanern, with forms such as "aemrikanern", "ameirkanern", and "ameriaknern". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Amerikaner", "Afrikanern", "Amerikanerin", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Amerikanern, spelled A-M-E-R-I-K-A-N-E-R-N.

Definition

1
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Amerikaner

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aemrikanern
ameirkanern
ameriaknern
amerikaenrn
amerikanenr
amerikanernn
amerikanerrn
amerikannern
amerikanren
amerikkanern
ameriknaern
amerkianern
amerrikanern
ammerikanern
amreikanern
maerikanern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amerikanern - 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.

Edit distance from "Amerikanern"

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 "Amerikanern"?

"Amerikanern" is spelled A-M-E-R-I-K-A-N-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ameʁiˈkaːnɐn].

What does "Amerikanern" mean?

As a noun, "Amerikanern" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Amerikaner

What words are commonly confused with "Amerikanern"?

"Amerikanern" is commonly confused with "Amerikaner", "Afrikanern", "Amerikanerin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Amerikanern"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Amerikanern" is [ameʁiˈkaːnɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Amerikanern" come from?

"Amerikanern" 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 "Amerikanern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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