Anleihen
[ˈanlaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“Anleihen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,221
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anleihe
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 | Anleihen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanlaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Anleihen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Anleihen (IPA [ˈanlaɪ̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,221 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anleihen, with forms such as "alneihen", "anelihen", and "anlehien". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ansehen", "anzeigen", "Anteilen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Anleihen, spelled A-N-L-E-I-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anleihe
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Anleihe
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anleihe
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Anleihe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alneihen
- anelihen
- anlehien
- anleiehn
- anleihenn
- anleihhen
- anleihne
- anliehen
- anlleihen
- annleihen
- naleihen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anleihen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Anleihen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-L-E-I-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanlaɪ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ansehen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Anleihen vs ansehen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.