Anflug
[ˈanˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Anflug” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,811
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landen eines Flugzeugs (oder Flugtieres)
Corpus desk
Index DE-anflug · Anflug · German
Anflug · rank #19,811 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,811
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH amtierende
Nearest frequency peer: amtierende (-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 „Anflug“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Alain
Alain
80,193 corpus weight
- Amazonas
Amazonas
80,192 corpus weight
- amtierende
amtierende
80,191 corpus weight
- Anflug
Anflug
80,190 corpus weight
- angefasst
angefasst
80,189 corpus weight
- angefordert
angefordert
80,188 corpus weight
What this shows „Anflug“ 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 | Anflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anflug“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Anflug (IPA [ˈanˌfluːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,811 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anflug, with forms such as "afnlug", "anfflug", and "anflgu". 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, "Anzug", "Aufzug", "Ausflug", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Anflug, spelled A-N-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Landen eines Flugzeugs (oder Flugtieres)
- 2schwache Ausprägung einer Reaktion oder eines Verhaltens
- 3Verbreitung von Samen durch den Wind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anflug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Anflug gelang trotz des Sturmes gleich beim ersten Mal.
„Das Projektil blieb weiterhin im Anflug auf den Nordpol und hatte das Mondzentrum weit hinter sich gelassen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afnlug
- anfflug
- anflgu
- anfllug
- anflugg
- anfulg
- anlfug
- annflug
- naflug
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anflug - 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 "Anflug", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).