Anrufbeantworter

Name: Anrufbeantworter, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ]

/[ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Anrufbeantworter” has 25 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,789
frequency rank, German: 6,976
“A” headwords: 25
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das Telefonanrufe annimmt und dem Anrufenden die Möglichkeit gibt, eine kurze Nachricht zu hinterlassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anrufbeantworter · Anrufbeantworter · German

Anrufbeantworter · rank #36,789 · 25 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #36,789
LEN-MEGA 16 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 25 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,976
PHOTO-FINISH Anhängerschaft

Nearest frequency peer: Anhängerschaft (-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.

angefallen

63,215
angestammten

63,214
Anhängersch…

63,213
Anrufbeantw…

63,212
ansprach

63,211
architecture

63,210

What this shows „Anrufbeantworter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Anrufbeantworter
Property	Value
Headword	Anrufbeantworter
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#36,789
Misspellings tracked	25
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anrufbeantworter“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Anrufbeantworterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#36,789

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Anhängerschaft“ (#36,788), „ansprach“ (#36,790), „angestammten“ (#36,787). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anrufbeantworter“ bei #36,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 25 spelling variants around Anrufbeantworter (IPA [ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,789 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gerät, das Telefonanrufe annimmt und dem Anrufenden die Möglichkeit gibt, eine kurze Nachricht zu hinterlassen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anrufbeantworter, with forms such as "annrufbeantworter", "anrfubeantworter", and "anrrufbeantworter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Anrufbeantworter, spelled A-N-R-U-F-B-E-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Gerät, das Telefonanrufe annimmt und dem Anrufenden die Möglichkeit gibt, eine kurze Nachricht zu hinterlassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Anrufbeantworter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Bitte hinterlassen Sie eine Nachricht auf dem Anrufbeantworter.
Als Peter nach Hause gekommen war, hörte er als Erstes seinen Anrufbeantworter ab.

Synonyms

MailboxTelefonbeantworter

This word in other languages

mailbox(English)contestador automático(Español)répondeur(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

annrufbeantworter
anrfubeantworter
anrrufbeantworter
anrubfeantworter
anrufbaentworter
anrufbbeantworter
anrufbeanntworter
anrufbeantowrter
anrufbeanttworter
anrufbeantworetr
anrufbeantworrter
anrufbeantworterr
anrufbeantwortre
anrufbeantwortter
anrufbeantwotrer
anrufbeantwroter
anrufbeantwworter
anrufbeanwtorter
anrufbeatnworter
anrufbenatworter
anrufebantworter
anruffbeantworter
anurfbeantworter
arnufbeantworter
narufbeantworter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anrufbeantworter - 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.

Edit distance from "Anrufbeantworter"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anrufbeantworter"?

"Anrufbeantworter" is spelled A-N-R-U-F-B-E-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ].

What does "Anrufbeantworter" mean?

As a noun, "Anrufbeantworter" means: Gerät, das Telefonanrufe annimmt und dem Anrufenden die Möglichkeit gibt, eine kurze Nachricht zu hinterlassen

What are common misspellings of "Anrufbeantworter"?

Common misspellings include "annrufbeantworter", "anrfubeantworter", "anrrufbeantworter", "anrubfeantworter", "anrufbaentworter". The correct spelling is "Anrufbeantworter".

How do you pronounce "Anrufbeantworter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anrufbeantworter" is [ˈanʁuːfbəˌʔantvɔʁtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Anrufbeantworter" come from?

"Anrufbeantworter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Anrufbeantworter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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