angewiesen

[ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]

/[ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“angewiesen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,939
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-angewiesen · angewiesen · German

angewiesen · rank #3,939 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,939
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angekündigt

Nearest frequency peer: angekündigt (-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 „angewiesen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „angewiesen“ 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).

angewiesen vs ausgewiesen
82% similar
angewiesen vs abgewiesen
90% similar
angewiesen vs angepriesen
82% similar

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

Key facts for angewiesen
PropertyValue
Headwordangewiesen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,939
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „angewiesen“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „angekündigt“ (#3,938), „Anton“ (#3,940), „Alfred“ (#3,937). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angewiesen“ bei #3,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around angewiesen (IPA [ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,939 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for angewiesen, with forms such as "agnewiesen", "anegwiesen", and "angeiwesen". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ausgewiesen", "abgewiesen", "angepriesen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 angewiesen, spelled A-N-G-E-W-I-E-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Arbeitsloser ist man auf Hilfe vom Staat angewiesen.
  2. „Eine […] Patientengruppe, die oft bereits ohne SARS-CoV-2-Infektion auf langwierige medizinische Betreuung angewiesen ist, sind Krebskranke.“

This word in other languages

dependent(English)dependiente(Español)dépendant(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnewiesen
  • anegwiesen
  • angeiwesen
  • angeweisen
  • angewieesn
  • angewiesenn
  • angewiesne
  • angewiessen
  • angewiseen
  • angewwiesen
  • anggewiesen
  • angweiesen
  • anngewiesen
  • nagewiesen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agnewiesen2anegwiesen2angeiwesen2angeweisen2angewieesn2angewiesenn1angewiesne2angewiessen1
Edit distance from "angewiesen"

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 "angewiesen"?
"angewiesen" is spelled A-N-G-E-W-I-E-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩].
What does "angewiesen" mean?
As an adjective, "angewiesen" means: von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen
What words are commonly confused with "angewiesen"?
"angewiesen" is commonly confused with "ausgewiesen", "abgewiesen", "angepriesen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "angewiesen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angewiesen" is [ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angewiesen" come from?
"angewiesen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

beschränkt#3,945erhältlich#3,956Reaktionen#3,917Jahrzehnte#3,973

Similar misspelling depth

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

Konferenz14 variantsgerechnet14 variantsschneiden14 variantsempfangen14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list