angestellt

[ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]

/[ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]/ adj

The verdict

“angestellt” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,138
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend, Angestellter sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-angestellt · angestellt · German

angestellt · rank #5,138 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,138
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anziehen

Nearest frequency peer: anziehen (+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 „angestellt“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „angestellt“ 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).

angestellt vs anstellt
80% similar
angestellt vs aufgestellt
82% similar
angestellt vs Angestellte
82% similar

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

Key facts for angestellt
PropertyValue
Headwordangestellt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,138
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „angestellt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).angestelltliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „anziehen“ (#5,139), „zwanzig“ (#5,136), „Arnold“ (#5,140). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angestellt“ bei #5,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around angestellt (IPA [ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,138 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend, Angestellter sein".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for angestellt, with forms such as "agnestellt", "anegstellt", and "angesetllt". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "anstellt", "aufgestellt", "Angestellte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 angestellt, spelled A-N-G-E-S-T-E-L-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend, Angestellter sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er jobbt da nicht nur, sondern ist in der Firma fest angestellt.
  2. Sie arbeitet als angestellte Ärztin im Krankenhaus.

Synonyms

beschäftigtabhängigin Lohn und Brot

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnestellt
  • anegstellt
  • angesetllt
  • angesstellt
  • angestelltt
  • angestelt
  • angesteltl
  • angestlelt
  • angesttellt
  • angetsellt
  • anggestellt
  • angsetellt
  • anngestellt
  • nagestellt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agnestellt2anegstellt2angesetllt2angesstellt1angestelltt1angestelt1angesteltl2angestlelt2
Edit distance from "angestellt"

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 "angestellt"?
"angestellt" is spelled A-N-G-E-S-T-E-L-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt].
What does "angestellt" mean?
As an adjective, "angestellt" means: in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend, Angestellter sein
What words are commonly confused with "angestellt"?
"angestellt" is commonly confused with "anstellt", "aufgestellt", "Angestellte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angestellt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angestellt" is [ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angestellt" come from?
"angestellt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list