Anlauf
[ˈanˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Anlauf” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,807
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Laufen vor einem Sprung oder Stoß, um Schwung zu holen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anlauf · Anlauf · German
Anlauf · rank #11,807 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,807
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anhieb
Nearest frequency peer: Anhieb (-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 „Anlauf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- akademische
akademische
88,197 corpus weight
- Algorithmus
Algorithmus
88,196 corpus weight
- Anhieb
Anhieb
88,195 corpus weight
- Anlauf
Anlauf
88,194 corpus weight
- Anspielung
Anspielung
88,193 corpus weight
- Arbeitslosen
Arbeitslosen
88,192 corpus weight
What this shows „Anlauf“ 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 | Anlauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anlauf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Anlauf (IPA [ˈanˌlaʊ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,807 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anlauf, with forms such as "alnauf", "analuf", and "anlafu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Anruf", "Auslauf", "Auflauf", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Anlauf, spelled A-N-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1das Laufen vor einem Sprung oder Stoß, um Schwung zu holen
- 2Versuch
- 3„Verbindungsglied zwischen einer waagerechten Platte und einer Wand in der Architektur“
- 4das Anfahren eines Hafens
- 5„das langsame Steigern der Betriebsgeschwindigkeit einer Maschine“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anlauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du ein bisschen mehr Anlauf nimmst, kannst du weiter springen.
Er hat es sofort beim ersten Anlauf geschafft.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alnauf
- analuf
- anlafu
- anlauff
- anllauf
- anluaf
- annlauf
- nalauf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anlauf - 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 "Anlauf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).