angemessen

[ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]

/[ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“angemessen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,451
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend

Corpus desk

Index DE-angemessen · angemessen · German

angemessen · rank #5,451 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,451
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angemeldet

Nearest frequency peer: angemeldet (-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 „angemessen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „angemessen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

angemessen vs angemessene
91% similar
angemessen vs angemessenen
83% similar
angemessen vs angemessener
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for angemessen
PropertyValue
Headwordangemessen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,451
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „angemessen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.angemessenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „angemeldet“ (#5,450), „ankommt“ (#5,452), „Ali“ (#5,449). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angemessen“ bei #5,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around angemessen (IPA [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,451 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for angemessen, with forms such as "agnemessen", "anegmessen", and "angeemssen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "angemessene", "angemessenen", "angemessener", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is angemessen, spelled A-N-G-E-M-E-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how angemessen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Preis ist angemessen.
  2. „Linguistinnen und Linguisten verfügen idealerweise über vielfältige sprachliche Register und Stile, die es ihnen ermöglichen, fachliche Inhalte adressatengerecht zu kommunizieren, und sie wissen, welche Form welchem Adressatenkreis gegenüber angemessen ist.“

Synonyms

adäquatentsprechendgebührendgeeignet

Antonyms

exorbitantübertriebenunangemessen

This word in other languages

adequate(English)pertinente(Español)approprié(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnemessen
  • anegmessen
  • angeemssen
  • angemesen
  • angemesesn
  • angemessenn
  • angemessne
  • angemeßen
  • angemmessen
  • angemsesen
  • anggemessen
  • angmeessen
  • anngemessen
  • nagemessen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angemessen - 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.

agnemessen2anegmessen2angeemssen2angemesen1angemesesn2angemessenn1angemessne2angemeßen2
Edit distance from "angemessen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "angemessen"?
"angemessen" is spelled A-N-G-E-M-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩].
What does "angemessen" mean?
As an adjective, "angemessen" means: den Verhältnissen entsprechend, passend
What words are commonly confused with "angemessen"?
"angemessen" is commonly confused with "angemessene", "angemessenen", "angemessener". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angemessen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angemessen" is [ˈanɡəˌmɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angemessen" come from?
"angemessen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "angemessen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angemeldet#5,450versuchten#5,440verspricht#5,439Experiment#5,478

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Christine14 variantstäglichen14 variantsstreichen14 variantsEmpfänger14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list