ängstliche

Name: ängstliche, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɛŋstlɪçə]

/[ˈɛŋstlɪçə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ängstliche” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,432
frequency rank, German: 75
“Ä” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-angstliche · ängstliche · German

ängstliche · rank #46,432 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,432
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 75
PHOTO-FINISH Zölibat

Nearest frequency peer: Zölibat (-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.

zuzutrauen

53,572
Zwillingssc…

53,571
Zölibat

53,570
ängstliche

53,569
überfielen

53,568
Überprüfung…

53,567

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ängstliche vs ängstlich

90% similar

ängstliche vs angebliche

70% similar

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

Key facts for ängstliche
Property	Value
Headword	ängstliche
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɛŋstlɪçə]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#46,432
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ängstliche“

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

#46,432

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Zölibat“ (#46,431), „überfielen“ (#46,433), „Zwillingsschwester“ (#46,430). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „ängstliche“ bei #46,432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around ängstliche (IPA [ˈɛŋstlɪçə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,432 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ängstliche, with forms such as "nägstliche", "ägnstliche", and "änggstliche". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ängstlich", "angebliche", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ängstliche, spelled Ä-N-G-S-T-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nägstliche
ägnstliche
änggstliche
ängsltiche
ängsstliche
ängstilche
ängstlcihe
ängstlicche
ängstliceh
ängstlichhe
ängstlihce
ängstlliche
ängsttliche
ängtsliche
änngstliche
änsgtliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "ängstliche"

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 "ängstliche"?

"ängstliche" is spelled Ä-N-G-S-T-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛŋstlɪçə].

What does "ängstliche" mean?

As an adjective, "ängstliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ängstlich

What words are commonly confused with "ängstliche"?

"ängstliche" is commonly confused with "ängstlich", "angebliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ängstliche"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ängstliche" is [ˈɛŋstlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ängstliche" come from?

"ängstliche" 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 "ängstliche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

überfielen#46,433 zuzutrauen#46,429 zugespielt#46,422 Ambivalenz#46,459

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Wandbilder16 variants Auslagerung16 variants auszuzahlen16 variants Bedarfsfall16 variants