Angst
[aŋst]
The verdict
“Angst” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #578
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Gefühl der (existentiellen) Furcht oder Sorge, etwa bei einer Bedrohung
Corpus desk
Index DE-angst · Angst · German
Angst · rank #578 · 8 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #578
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ziemlich
Nearest frequency peer: ziemlich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Angst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- weiteren
weiteren
99,426 corpus weight
- Ziel
Ziel
99,425 corpus weight
- ziemlich
ziemlich
99,424 corpus weight
- Angst
Angst
99,423 corpus weight
- dadurch
dadurch
99,421 corpus weight
- Erfolg
Erfolg
99,420 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Angst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Angst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aŋst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Angst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Angst (IPA [aŋst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #578 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gefühl der (existentiellen) Furcht oder Sorge, etwa bei einer Bedrohung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Angst, with forms such as "agnst", "anggst", and "angsst". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "ant", "Anus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Angst, spelled A-N-G-S-T.
Definition
- 1Gefühl der (existentiellen) Furcht oder Sorge, etwa bei einer Bedrohung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Angst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe Angst vor großen Hunden.
Er hatte Angst um sein Leben.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agnst
- anggst
- angsst
- angstt
- angts
- anngst
- ansgt
- nagst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Angst - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Angst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.