angeschwollen
[ˈanɡəˌʃvɔlən]
The verdict
“angeschwollen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #48,701 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #48,701
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - über das normale Maß vergrößert; durch Flüssigkeitsansammlung ausgedehnt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angeschwollen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanɡəˌʃvɔlən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “angeschwollen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for angeschwollen is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanɡəˌʃvɔlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,701 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "über das normale Maß vergrößert; durch Flüssigkeitsansammlung ausgedehnt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for angeschwollen, with forms such as "agneschwollen", "anegschwollen", and "angecshwollen". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is angeschwollen, spelled A-N-G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1über das normale Maß vergrößert; durch Flüssigkeitsansammlung ausgedehnt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agneschwollen,anegschwollen,angecshwollen,angescchwollen,angeschhwollen,angeschowllen,angeschwlolen,angeschwoleln,angeschwolen,angeschwollenn,angeschwollne,angeschwwollen,angescwhollen,angeshcwollen,angesschwollen,anggeschwollen,angsechwollen,anngeschwollen,nageschwollen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of angeschwollen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "angeschwollen"?
What does "angeschwollen" mean?
What are common misspellings of "angeschwollen"?
How do you pronounce "angeschwollen"?
What language does "angeschwollen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “angeschwollen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-G-E-S-C-H-W-O-L-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanɡəˌʃvɔlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.