anstrengend
[ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]
The verdict
“anstrengend” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,037
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam
Corpus desk
Index DE-anstrengend · anstrengend · German
anstrengend · rank #6,037 · 18 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,037
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anordnung
Nearest frequency peer: Anordnung (-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 „anstrengend“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ac
Ac
93,968 corpus weight
- Anordnung
Anordnung
93,965 corpus weight
- anstrengend
anstrengend
93,964 corpus weight
- antwortet
antwortet
93,963 corpus weight
- ASS
ASS
93,962 corpus weight
- Becken
Becken
93,961 corpus weight
What this shows „anstrengend“ 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 | anstrengend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anstrengend“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around anstrengend (IPA [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,037 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for anstrengend, with forms such as "annstrengend", "ansrtengend", and "ansstrengend". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Anstrengung", "anstrengende", "anstrengenden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is anstrengend, spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anstrengend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Ach Gott‹, dachte er, ›was für einen anstrengenden Beruf habe ich gewählt! […]‹“
Eine Wanderung durch die Alpen kann sehr anstrengend sein.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annstrengend
- ansrtengend
- ansstrengend
- ansterngend
- anstregnend
- anstrenegnd
- anstrengedn
- anstrengendd
- anstrengennd
- anstrenggend
- anstrengned
- anstrenngend
- anstrnegend
- anstrrengend
- ansttrengend
- antsrengend
- asntrengend
- nastrengend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anstrengend - 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 "anstrengend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).