anfeuern
[ˈanˌfɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“anfeuern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,785
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden motivieren; jemanden durch Gesten (meist Zurufe/Klatschen) antreiben etwas erfolgreich zu beenden/durchzuführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfeuern · anfeuern · German
anfeuern · rank #36,785 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,785
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH among
Nearest frequency peer: among (-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 „anfeuern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Altlasten
Altlasten
63,219 corpus weight
- Amin
Amin
63,218 corpus weight
- among
among
63,217 corpus weight
- anfeuern
anfeuern
63,216 corpus weight
- angefallen
angefallen
63,215 corpus weight
- angestammten
angestammten
63,214 corpus weight
What this shows „anfeuern“ 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 | anfeuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌfɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anfeuern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around anfeuern (IPA [ˈanˌfɔɪ̯ɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,785 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anfeuern, with forms such as "afneuern", "anefuern", and "anfeeurn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Anlegern", "anheuern", "ansteuern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is anfeuern, spelled A-N-F-E-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden motivieren; jemanden durch Gesten (meist Zurufe/Klatschen) antreiben etwas erfolgreich zu beenden/durchzuführen
- 2ein Feuer (beispielsweise in einem Ofen/Kamin) entzünden
- 3etwas (beispielsweise eine Diskussion/eine Kritik) verstärken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anfeuern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Fans feuern ihre Mannschaft an, in der Hoffnung, dass Tore fallen.
„Zuletzt feuerten viele weibliche Fans ihre Lieblingsmannschaften bei der Fußballweltmeisterschaft an - live in den Stadien in Katar.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afneuern
- anefuern
- anfeeurn
- anfeuenr
- anfeuernn
- anfeuerrn
- anfeuren
- anffeuern
- anfueern
- annfeuern
- nafeuern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anfeuern - 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 "anfeuern", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).