anschalten
[ˈanˌʃaltn̩]
The verdict
“anschalten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,336
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch einen Schalter aktivieren; mit einem Schalter anmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschalten · anschalten · German
anschalten · rank #42,336 · 16 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,336
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anomalien
Nearest frequency peer: Anomalien (-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 „anschalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- angesteuert
angesteuert
57,668 corpus weight
- annektiert
annektiert
57,667 corpus weight
- Anomalien
Anomalien
57,666 corpus weight
- anschalten
anschalten
57,665 corpus weight
- Antichrist
Antichrist
57,664 corpus weight
- Antragstell…
Antragstellung
57,663 corpus weight
What this shows „anschalten“ 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 | anschalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃaltn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anschalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around anschalten (IPA [ˈanˌʃaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,336 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch einen Schalter aktivieren; mit einem Schalter anmachen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for anschalten, with forms such as "ancshalten", "annschalten", and "anscahlten". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "anschauen", "aushalten", "Anstalten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is anschalten, spelled A-N-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch einen Schalter aktivieren; mit einem Schalter anmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anschalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schalte bitte das Licht an.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ancshalten
- annschalten
- anscahlten
- anscchalten
- anschaletn
- anschallten
- anschaltenn
- anschaltne
- anschaltten
- anschatlen
- anschhalten
- anschlaten
- anshcalten
- ansschalten
- asnchalten
- naschalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anschalten - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anschalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).