Anfrage
[ˈanˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Anfrage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,018
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frage an jemanden, mit der eine Antwort erwartet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfrage · Anfrage · German
Anfrage · rank #3,018 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,018
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anforderungen
Nearest frequency peer: Anforderungen (-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 “Anfrage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Aktionen
Aktionen
96,986 corpus weight
- Anbieter
Anbieter
96,985 corpus weight
- Anforderung…
Anforderungen
96,984 corpus weight
- Anfrage
Anfrage
96,983 corpus weight
- angegeben
angegeben
96,982 corpus weight
- ausdrücklich
ausdrücklich
96,981 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Anfrage” 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 | Anfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Anfrage” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Anfrage (IPA [ˈanˌfʁaːɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,018 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Frage an jemanden, mit der eine Antwort erwartet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anfrage, with forms such as "afnrage", "anfarge", and "anffrage". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Anlage", "Antrag", "Ansage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Anfrage, spelled A-N-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Frage an jemanden, mit der eine Antwort erwartet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es ist eine weit wichtigere Anfrage, die ich an Sie, gnädiges Fräulein, habe.“ (Hermann Essig, Taifun/4)
„Das zuständige Bundesfinanzministerium teilt auf Anfrage mit, eine Reform der Gewerbesteuer sei nicht geplant.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afnrage
- anfarge
- anffrage
- anfraeg
- anfragge
- anfrgae
- anfrrage
- annfrage
- anrfage
- nafrage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anfrage - 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 "Anfrage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Anfrage" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Anlage". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,018 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.