anhören
[ˈanˌhøːʁən]
The verdict
“anhören” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,143
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemandem (aufmerksam) zuhören; jemandem (vor allem vor Gericht) Gehör schenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-anhoren · anhören · German
anhören · rank #6,143 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,143
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH angeben
Nearest frequency peer: angeben (-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 “anhören”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- alternativ
alternativ
93,861 corpus weight
- Amtszeit
Amtszeit
93,860 corpus weight
- angeben
angeben
93,859 corpus weight
- anhören
anhören
93,858 corpus weight
- Ann
Ann
93,857 corpus weight
- annähernd
annähernd
93,856 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “anhören” 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 | anhören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌhøːʁən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anhören” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around anhören (IPA [ˈanˌhøːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,143 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anhören, with forms such as "ahnören", "anhhören", and "anhröen". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "anhört", "Azoren", "Autoren", 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 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 anhören, spelled A-N-H-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem (aufmerksam) zuhören; jemandem (vor allem vor Gericht) Gehör schenken
- 2etwas an jemandes Stimme erkennen
- 3(gut, schlecht) klingen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahnören
- anhhören
- anhröen
- anhöern
- anhörenn
- anhörne
- anhörren
- annhören
- anöhren
- nahören
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anhören - 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 May 6, 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 "anhören", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 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.