anfällig
[ˈanfɛlɪç]
The verdict
“anfällig” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,901
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass eine Person oder eine Sache leicht durch etwas beeinflusst oder auch verlockt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfallig · anfällig · German
anfällig · rank #16,901 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,901
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH amtlich
Nearest frequency peer: amtlich (-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 „anfällig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- AKW
AKW
83,104 corpus weight
- Alkoholiker
Alkoholiker
83,103 corpus weight
- amtlich
amtlich
83,101 corpus weight
- anfällig
anfällig
83,100 corpus weight
- angeschlagen
angeschlagen
83,099 corpus weight
- Anlaufstelle
Anlaufstelle
83,097 corpus weight
What this shows „anfällig“ 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 | anfällig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanfɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anfällig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around anfällig (IPA [ˈanfɛlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,901 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anfällig, with forms such as "afnällig", "anffällig", and "anflälig". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "auffällig", "anfälliger", "Anfall", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anfällig, spelled A-N-F-Ä-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1so, dass eine Person oder eine Sache leicht durch etwas beeinflusst oder auch verlockt werden kann
- 2zu Krankheiten neigend; ohne Widerstandskraft gegen schädliche Einflüsse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anfällig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Jugendlichen sind für Alkohol anfällig.
Festverzinsliche Wertpapiere mit dem Rating 'BB' sind weniger anfällig für Zahlungsverzug als andere als spekulativ eingestufte Emissionen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afnällig
- anffällig
- anflälig
- anfälig
- anfälilg
- anfällgi
- anfälligg
- annfällig
- anäfllig
- nafällig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anfällig - 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 "anfällig", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).