Anagramm

[anaˈɡʁam]

/[anaˈɡʁam]/ noun

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The verdict

“Anagramm” is uncommon German (frequency #81,257 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,257
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wörter, die die gleichen Buchstaben in anderer Reihenfolge enthalten und sinnvolle Wörter darstellen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anagramm · Anagramm · German

Anagramm · rank #81,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,257
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amerikanerinn…

Nearest frequency peer: Amerikanerinnen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Anagramm“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Anagramm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anagramm
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnagramm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[anaˈɡʁam]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anagramm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Anagrammfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Amerikanerinnen“ (#81,256), „Anbaugebiet“ (#81,258), „Ambulanzen“ (#81,255). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anagramm“ bei #81,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anagramm is uncommon German at frequency #81,257 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [anaˈɡʁam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wörter, die die gleichen Buchstaben in anderer Reihenfolge enthalten und sinnvolle Wörter darstellen".

Anagramm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Anagramm, spelled A-N-A-G-R-A-M-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wörter, die die gleichen Buchstaben in anderer Reihenfolge enthalten und sinnvolle Wörter darstellen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Anagramm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Lager“ in „regaL“ umgewandelt ist ein Anagramm.
  2. „Anagramme sind seit der Antike belegt, sie finden sich in alten jüdisch-kabbalistischen Geheimschriften ebenso wie in Pseudonymen zur Verschleierung von Autorennamen…“

Antonyms

Piktogramm

This word in other languages

anagram(English)anagrama(Español)anagramme(Français)anagrama(Português)

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 "Anagramm"?
"Anagramm" is spelled A-N-A-G-R-A-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is [anaˈɡʁam].
What does "Anagramm" mean?
As a noun, "Anagramm" means: Wörter, die die gleichen Buchstaben in anderer Reihenfolge enthalten und sinnvolle Wörter darstellen
How do you pronounce "Anagramm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anagramm" is [anaˈɡʁam]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anagramm" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ankleben#81,263Aerosole#81,244ausmache#81,299Badesalz#81,309

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list