anlegst
[ˈanˌleːkst]
The verdict
“anlegst” is uncommon German (frequency #91,275 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,275
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anlegst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌleːkst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anlegst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anlegst is uncommon German at frequency #91,275 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌleːkst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen".
anlegst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anlegst, spelled A-N-L-E-G-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
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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Using “anlegst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-L-E-G-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanˌleːkst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.