anrühren
[ˈanˌʁyːʁən]
The verdict
“anrühren” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,463
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand oder etwas anfassen, berühren
Corpus desk
Index DE-anruhren · anrühren · German
anrühren · rank #49,463 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,463
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anmache
Nearest frequency peer: Anmache (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “anrühren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- angepflanzt
angepflanzt
50,541 corpus weight
- angezettelt
angezettelt
50,540 corpus weight
- Anmache
Anmache
50,539 corpus weight
- anrühren
anrühren
50,538 corpus weight
- anspruchsvo…
anspruchsvolles
50,537 corpus weight
- anvertrauten
anvertrauten
50,536 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “anrühren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | anrühren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʁyːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “anrühren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around anrühren (IPA [ˈanˌʁyːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,463 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for anrühren, with forms such as "annrühren", "anrhüren", and "anrrühren". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "anzuhören", "anrufen", "Anführer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is anrühren, spelled A-N-R-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemand oder etwas anfassen, berühren
- 2jemand gefühlsmäßig ansprechen, berühren
- 3eine Masse durch Mischung verschiedener Substanzen herstellen
- 4dem Körper zuführen, zum Beispiel durch Essen/Trinken/Rauchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anrühren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rühr' mich nicht an!
Seine Geschichte rührt uns an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annrühren
- anrhüren
- anrrühren
- anrühern
- anrühhren
- anrührenn
- anrührne
- anrührren
- anrürhen
- anürhren
- arnühren
- narühren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anrühren - 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 "anrühren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "anrühren" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "anzuhören". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #49,463 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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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.