Anschlag
[ˈanˌʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Anschlag” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,488
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durchführung einer Aktion, bei der an etwas geschlagen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschlag · Anschlag · German
Anschlag · rank #4,488 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,488
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anmelden
Nearest frequency peer: anmelden (-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 „Anschlag“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Angabe
Angabe
95,516 corpus weight
- Ankunft
Ankunft
95,515 corpus weight
- anmelden
anmelden
95,514 corpus weight
- Anschlag
Anschlag
95,513 corpus weight
- Apps
Apps
95,512 corpus weight
- aufstehen
aufstehen
95,511 corpus weight
What this shows „Anschlag“ 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 | Anschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Anschlag“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Anschlag (IPA [ˈanˌʃlaːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,488 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Anschlag, with forms such as "ancshlag", "annschlag", and "anscchlag". 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, "Anschläge", "Ausschlag", "Aufschlag", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Anschlag, spelled A-N-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1Durchführung einer Aktion, bei der an etwas geschlagen wird
- 2Bekanntmachung, Notiz, die irgendwo angeschlagen ist
- 3Angriff auf jemanden oder etwas
- 4Art und Weise, wie eine Schusswaffe beim Zielen gehalten wird
- 5äußerste „Begrenzung der Arbeitsbewegung einer Maschine“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anschlag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Pianistin spielt mit hartem Anschlag.
Die Sekretärin schafft 100 Anschläge pro Minute.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ancshlag
- annschlag
- anscchlag
- anschalg
- anschhlag
- anschlagg
- anschlga
- anschllag
- ansclhag
- anshclag
- ansschlag
- asnchlag
- naschlag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Anschlag - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Anschlag", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).