anknüpfen
[ˈanˌknʏp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“anknüpfen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,083
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Faden, eine Schnur mit einem Knoten an etwas befestigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anknupfen · anknüpfen · German
anknüpfen · rank #16,083 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,083
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anhaltenden
Nearest frequency peer: anhaltenden (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „anknüpfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Aleppo
Aleppo
83,921 corpus weight
- altem
altem
83,920 corpus weight
- anhaltenden
anhaltenden
83,919 corpus weight
- anknüpfen
anknüpfen
83,918 corpus weight
- Anreize
Anreize
83,917 corpus weight
- anwendbar
anwendbar
83,916 corpus weight
What this shows „anknüpfen“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anknüpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌknʏp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anknüpfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around anknüpfen (IPA [ˈanˌknʏp͡fn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,083 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for anknüpfen, with forms such as "aknnüpfen", "ankknüpfen", and "anknnüpfen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "anzuknüpfen", "ankämpfen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anknüpfen, spelled A-N-K-N-Ü-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Faden, eine Schnur mit einem Knoten an etwas befestigen
- 2bei etwas weitermachen, an etwas anschließen, etwas fortsetzen
- 3Kontakt zu jemandem aufnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anknüpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er knüpfte eine Verlängerung an die Schnur an.
Wir können mit der Diskussion direkt da anknüpfen, wo Sie geschlossen haben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aknnüpfen
- ankknüpfen
- anknnüpfen
- anknpüfen
- anknüfpen
- anknüpefn
- anknüpfenn
- anknüpffen
- anknüpfne
- anknüppfen
- ankünpfen
- annknüpfen
- annküpfen
- naknüpfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anknüpfen - 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 "anknüpfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).