angeht
[ˈanˌɡeːt]
The verdict
“angeht” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,423 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,423
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs angehen
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 | angeht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌɡeːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angeht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for angeht is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌɡeːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,423 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for angeht, with forms such as "agneht", "aneght", and "angehht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Angst", "Angel", "anger", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is angeht, spelled A-N-G-E-H-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs angehen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs angehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agneht,aneght,angehht,angehtt,angeth,anggeht,anghet,anngeht,nageht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angeht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “angeht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-G-E-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanˌɡeːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Angst” - see the side-by-side comparison. angeht vs Angst
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.