anlässlich

/[ˈanˌlɛslɪç]/ prep

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,791

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

anlässlich is aGermanprep. It means: drückt den Grund eines Geschehens aus Pronounced [ˈanˌlɛslɪç]. It ranks #3,791 in German word frequency.

Key facts for anlässlich
PropertyValue
Headwordanlässlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈanˌlɛslɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,791
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anlässlich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for anlässlich is 10 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌlɛslɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,791 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drückt den Grund eines Geschehens aus".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for anlässlich, with forms such as "alnässlich", "anllässlich", and "anlsäslich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is anlässlich, spelled A-N-L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drückt den Grund eines Geschehens aus

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnässlich,anllässlich,anlsäslich,anläslich,anläslsich,anlässilch,anlässlcih,anlässlicch,anlässlichh,anlässlihc,anlässllich,anläßlich,annlässlich,anälsslich,nalässlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anlässlich

Misspelling Variants of "anlässlich"

alnässlich10anllässlich11anlsäslich10anläslich9anläslsich10anlässilch10anlässlcih10anlässlicch11
Misspelling Variants of "anlässlich"

Frequency rank: #3,791 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anlässlich"?
"anlässlich" is spelled A-N-L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌlɛslɪç].
What does "anlässlich" mean?
As a prep, "anlässlich" means: drückt den Grund eines Geschehens aus
What are common misspellings of "anlässlich"?
Common misspellings include "alnässlich", "anllässlich", "anlsäslich", "anläslich", "anläslsich". The correct spelling is "anlässlich".
How do you pronounce "anlässlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anlässlich" is [ˈanˌlɛslɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anlässlich" come from?
"anlässlich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.