Andenken
[ˈanˌdɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“Andenken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,440
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kleiner Gegenstand, der Erinnerungen an ein bestimmtes Ereignis oder eine bestimmte Person hervorrufen soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-andenken · Andenken · German
Andenken · rank #12,440 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,440
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anbietern
Nearest frequency peer: Anbietern (-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 „Andenken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Amateure
Amateure
87,564 corpus weight
- Amerikas
Amerikas
87,563 corpus weight
- Anbietern
Anbietern
87,562 corpus weight
- Andenken
Andenken
87,561 corpus weight
- anderweitig
anderweitig
87,560 corpus weight
- anfänglich
anfänglich
87,559 corpus weight
What this shows „Andenken“ 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 | Andenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌdɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Andenken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Andenken (IPA [ˈanˌdɛŋkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,440 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Andenken, with forms such as "adnenken", "anddenken", and "andeknen". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "anderen", "anwenden", "anmerken", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Andenken, spelled A-N-D-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein kleiner Gegenstand, der Erinnerungen an ein bestimmtes Ereignis oder eine bestimmte Person hervorrufen soll
- 2bewusstes Erinnern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Andenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du nach Japan fährst, bringe viele Andenken mit.
Im Andenken an die Verstorbenen treffen wir uns einmal im Jahr.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adnenken
- anddenken
- andeknen
- andenekn
- andenkenn
- andenkken
- andenkne
- andennken
- andneken
- anednken
- anndenken
- nadenken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Andenken - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Andenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).