Anhänger

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

[ˈanˌhɛŋɐ]

/[ˈanˌhɛŋɐ]/ noun

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

The verdict

“Anhänger” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,230
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrzeug, das über keinen eigenen Antrieb verfügt und hinter Kraftfahrzeugen mitgeführt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-anhanger · Anhänger · German

Anhänger · rank #2,230 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,230
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH Angebote

Nearest frequency peer: Angebote (-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.

Württemberg

97,774
übertragen

97,773
Angebote

97,772
Anhänger

97,771
Anlass

97,770
as

97,769

What this shows „Anhänger“ 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).

Anhänger vs anhängig

63% similar

Anhänger vs Anhängern

89% similar

Anhänger vs Anhängsel

78% similar

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

Key facts for Anhänger
Property	Value
Headword	Anhänger
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈanˌhɛŋɐ]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#2,230
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anhänger“

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

#2,230

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Angebote“ (#2,229), „Anlass“ (#2,231), „übertragen“ (#2,228). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anhänger“ bei #2,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Anhänger (IPA [ˈanˌhɛŋɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,230 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anhänger, with forms such as "ahnänger", "anhhänger", and "anhnäger". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "anhängig", "Anhängern", "Anhängsel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Anhänger, spelled A-N-H-Ä-N-G-E-R.

Definition

1
Fahrzeug, das über keinen eigenen Antrieb verfügt und hinter Kraftfahrzeugen mitgeführt wird
2
Schmuckstück, das an einem Band oder an einer Kette befestigt wird
3
Namensschild für Gepäckstücke
4
Band zum Anhängen eines Kleidungsstückes oder Ähnliches
5
Person, die einer Gruppe oder einer Partei angehört beziehungsweise diese unterstützt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Die Möbel werden auf den Anhänger geladen.
„Val schaute im Anhänger nach.“

Synonyms

Hänger Fan Sympathisant

Antonyms

Gegner

This word in other languages

trailer(English)remolque(Español)remorque(Français)reboque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ahnänger
anhhänger
anhnäger
anhägner
anhänegr
anhängerr
anhängger
anhängre
anhännger
annhänger
anähnger
nahänger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Anhänger"

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 "Anhänger"?

"Anhänger" is spelled A-N-H-Ä-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌhɛŋɐ].

What does "Anhänger" mean?

As a noun, "Anhänger" means: Fahrzeug, das über keinen eigenen Antrieb verfügt und hinter Kraftfahrzeugen mitgeführt wird

What words are commonly confused with "Anhänger"?

"Anhänger" is commonly confused with "anhängig", "Anhängern", "Anhängsel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Anhänger"?

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

What language does "Anhänger" come from?

"Anhänger" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Angebote#2,229 verliert#2,223 einfache#2,240 erklärte#2,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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