Amoklauf
[ˈaːmɔkˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Amoklauf” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,489
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Form der Raserei und Gewaltausübung, bei der eine Person (genannt: Amokläufer) in blindem Vorwärtsstürmen jede ihm begegnende Person niedermetzelt oder niederschießt
Corpus desk
Index DE-amoklauf · Amoklauf · German
Amoklauf · rank #20,489 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,489
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH alpine
Nearest frequency peer: alpine (-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 „Amoklauf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- abzuwenden
abzuwenden
79,516 corpus weight
- allergisch
allergisch
79,515 corpus weight
- alpine
alpine
79,513 corpus weight
- Amoklauf
Amoklauf
79,512 corpus weight
- Anarchie
Anarchie
79,511 corpus weight
- anfordern
anfordern
79,509 corpus weight
What this shows „Amoklauf“ 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 | Amoklauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːmɔkˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Amoklauf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Amoklauf (IPA [ˈaːmɔkˌlaʊ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,489 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Form der Raserei und Gewaltausübung, bei der eine Person (genannt: Amokläufer) in blindem Vorwärtsstürmen jede ihm begegnende Person niedermetzelt oder niederschießt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amoklauf, with forms such as "amkolauf", "ammoklauf", and "amokaluf". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Amokläufer", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Amoklauf, spelled A-M-O-K-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Form der Raserei und Gewaltausübung, bei der eine Person (genannt: Amokläufer) in blindem Vorwärtsstürmen jede ihm begegnende Person niedermetzelt oder niederschießt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amoklauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seinen Amoklauf konnte selbst die Polizei zunächst nicht stoppen.
„Ein gräßlicher Verdacht stieg jetzt sogar in mir hoch: daß vielleicht Herr Kloßen im wirtschaftlichen Amoklauf unsere Stadt verlassen habe, anderswo ein neues Leben zu beginnen und eine unverbrauchte Gläubigerschaft aufzubauen.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amkolauf
- ammoklauf
- amokaluf
- amokklauf
- amoklafu
- amoklauff
- amokllauf
- amokluaf
- amolkauf
- aomklauf
- maoklauf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amoklauf - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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