Anke
[ˈaŋkə]
The verdict
“Anke” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,626) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #16,626
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-anke · Anke · German
Anke · rank #16,626 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,626
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Angebots
Nearest frequency peer: Angebots (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Anke“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- alltägliche
alltägliche
83,378 corpus weight
- Angebots
Angebots
83,376 corpus weight
- Anke
Anke
83,375 corpus weight
- anregen
anregen
83,374 corpus weight
- Antonia
Antonia
83,373 corpus weight
- anzeigt
anzeigt
83,372 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Anke“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Anke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaŋkə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Anke“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Anke is neighbouring look-alikes ("ans", "are", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈaŋkə]. Frequency #16,626 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anke, with forms such as "anek", "ankke", and "annke". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ans", "are", "Ann", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Anke, spelled A-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Anke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anke und ihr Verlobter haben geheiratet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anek
- ankke
- annke
- nake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anke - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Anke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).