analog

[anaˈloːk]

/[anaˈloːk]/ adj

The verdict

“analog” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,624
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch sinngemäßes Übertragen vergleichbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-analog · analog · German

analog · rank #6,624 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,624
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Amateur

Nearest frequency peer: Amateur (-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 „analog“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „analog“ 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).

analog vs Anflug
50% similar
analog vs Avalon
50% similar
analog vs analoge
86% similar

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

Key facts for analog
PropertyValue
Headwordanalog
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[anaˈloːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,624
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „analog“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).analogliegt 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: „Amateur“ (#6,623), „Anfänger“ (#6,625), „aktualisiert“ (#6,622). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „analog“ bei #6,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around analog (IPA [anaˈloːk]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,624 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for analog, with forms such as "aanlog", "analgo", and "anallog". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Anflug", "Avalon", "analoge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is analog, spelled A-N-A-L-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch sinngemäßes Übertragen vergleichbar
  2. 2
    stufenlos, kontinuierlich; nicht digital
  3. 3
    physisch (dinglich) vorhanden statt virtuell oder elektronisch dargestellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das ist ein analoger Fall.
  2. „Wie aus der Zusammenfassung der Entwicklung der Argumentation bei Kupisch ersichtlich, hat sich Kupisch von seiner ursprünglichen These einer analogen Anwendung des § 812 I 1 BGB im Laufe der Zeit tatsächlich immer weiter entfernt.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aanlog
  • analgo
  • anallog
  • analogg
  • anaolg
  • anlaog
  • annalog
  • naalog

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aanlog2analgo2anallog1analogg1anaolg2anlaog2annalog1naalog2
Edit distance from "analog"

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 "analog"?
"analog" is spelled A-N-A-L-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is [anaˈloːk].
What does "analog" mean?
As an adjective, "analog" means: durch sinngemäßes Übertragen vergleichbar
What words are commonly confused with "analog"?
"analog" is commonly confused with "Anflug", "Avalon", "analoge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "analog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "analog" is [anaˈloːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "analog" come from?
"analog" 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 "analog", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list