ansteuern
[ˈanˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“ansteuern” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,027
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Kurs, die Richtung auf etwas nehmen; auf etwas zusteuern; etwas zum Ziel nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ansteuern · ansteuern · German
ansteuern · rank #41,027 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,027
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ansehnlich
Nearest frequency peer: ansehnlich (-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 „ansteuern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- anrief
anrief
58,977 corpus weight
- Ansatzes
Ansatzes
58,976 corpus weight
- ansehnlich
ansehnlich
58,975 corpus weight
- ansteuern
ansteuern
58,974 corpus weight
- antut
antut
58,973 corpus weight
- anzufassen
anzufassen
58,972 corpus weight
What this shows „ansteuern“ 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 | ansteuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ansteuern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around ansteuern (IPA [ˈanˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,027 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Kurs, die Richtung auf etwas nehmen; auf etwas zusteuern; etwas zum Ziel nehmen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ansteuern, with forms such as "annsteuern", "ansetuern", and "anssteuern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "anstehen", "anfeuern", "anheuern", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ansteuern, spelled A-N-S-T-E-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1einen Kurs, die Richtung auf etwas nehmen; auf etwas zusteuern; etwas zum Ziel nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ansteuern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zielsicher steuerten die Gäste im Restaurant einen freien Tisch am Fenster an.
US-Sicherheitsberater John Bolton wirft dem iranischen Öltanker „Adrian Darya-1“ vor, Syriens Küste angesteuert zu haben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annsteuern
- ansetuern
- anssteuern
- ansteeurn
- ansteuenr
- ansteuernn
- ansteuerrn
- ansteuren
- anstteuern
- anstueern
- antseuern
- asnteuern
- nasteuern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ansteuern - 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 "ansteuern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).