anfänglich
[ˈanfɛŋlɪç]
The verdict
“anfänglich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,442
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anfangs noch vorhanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfanglich · anfänglich · German
anfänglich · rank #12,442 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,442
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anderweitig
Nearest frequency peer: anderweitig (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “anfänglich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Anbietern
Anbietern
87,562 corpus weight
- Andenken
Andenken
87,561 corpus weight
- anderweitig
anderweitig
87,560 corpus weight
- anfänglich
anfänglich
87,559 corpus weight
- angefahren
angefahren
87,558 corpus weight
- angeln
angeln
87,557 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “anfänglich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | anfänglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanfɛŋlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anfänglich” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around anfänglich (IPA [ˈanfɛŋlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,442 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for anfänglich, with forms such as "afnänglich", "anffänglich", and "anfnäglich". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "anfängliche", "anfänglichen", "anfänglicher", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 anfänglich, spelled A-N-F-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1anfangs noch vorhanden
- 2zuerst, am Anfang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anfänglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine anfängliche Schüchternheit nahm nach und nach ab.
Anfänglich versuchte er dem Referat zu folgen, gab es aber nach einer Weile auf.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afnänglich
- anffänglich
- anfnäglich
- anfägnlich
- anfängglich
- anfängilch
- anfänglcih
- anfänglicch
- anfänglichh
- anfänglihc
- anfängllich
- anfänlgich
- anfännglich
- annfänglich
- anäfnglich
- nafänglich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anfänglich - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anfänglich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "anfänglich". Here's where to go from here.
- "anfänglich" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "anfängliche". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,442 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.