ansprechend
[ˈanˌʃpʁɛçn̩t]
The verdict
“ansprechend” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,238 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #24,238
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gefallend, einen guten Eindruck machend, meist vom Äußeren (der Form, Farbe, Figur, Kleidung, …), aber auch figurativer Gebrauch (beispielsweise in Bezug auf Charakter, Wesen)
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 | ansprechend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃpʁɛçn̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ansprechend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ansprechend is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌʃpʁɛçn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,238 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gefallend, einen guten Eindruck machend, meist vom Äußeren (der Form, Farbe, Figur, Kleidung, …), aber auch figurativer Gebrauch (beispielsweise in Bezug auf Charakter, Wesen)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for ansprechend, with forms such as "annsprechend", "anpsrechend", and "ansperchend". 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, "Ansprüchen", "ansprechende", "ansprechenden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ansprechend, spelled A-N-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1gefallend, einen guten Eindruck machend, meist vom Äußeren (der Form, Farbe, Figur, Kleidung, …), aber auch figurativer Gebrauch (beispielsweise in Bezug auf Charakter, Wesen)
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: annsprechend,anpsrechend,ansperchend,anspprechend,ansprcehend,ansprecchend,ansprecehnd,ansprechedn,ansprechendd,ansprechennd,ansprechhend,ansprechned,ansprehcend,ansprrechend,ansrpechend,anssprechend,asnprechend,nasprechend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ansprechend - 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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Using “ansprechend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-S-P-R-E-C-H-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanˌʃpʁɛçn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ansprüchen” - see the side-by-side comparison. ansprechend vs Ansprüchen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.