Anderson
[ˈændəsən]
The verdict
“Anderson” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,801. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,801
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Madison County in Indiana
Corpus desk
Index DE-anderson · Anderson · German
Anderson · rank #10,801 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,801
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH andauernd
Nearest frequency peer: andauernd (-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 „Anderson“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Admiral
Admiral
89,203 corpus weight
- airbus
airbus
89,202 corpus weight
- andauernd
andauernd
89,201 corpus weight
- Anderson
Anderson
89,200 corpus weight
- anderthalb
anderthalb
89,199 corpus weight
- anno
anno
89,198 corpus weight
What this shows „Anderson“ 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 | Anderson |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈændəsən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anderson“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Anderson (IPA [ˈændəsən]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,801 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 Anderson, with forms such as "adnerson", "andderson", and "anderosn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "änderst", "anderswo", "änderten", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Anderson, spelled A-N-D-E-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Madison County in Indiana
- 2Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen County in South Carolina
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anderson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anderson liegt in der Nähe von Indianapolis.
Anderson liegt am Lake Hartwell im äußerten Westen von South Carolina.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adnerson
- andderson
- anderosn
- anderrson
- andersno
- andersonn
- andersson
- andesron
- andreson
- anedrson
- annderson
- naderson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anderson - 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.
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 "Anderson", 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).