anstrengend

/[ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,037

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

anstrengend is anGermanadj. It means: Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam Pronounced [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]. It ranks #6,037 in German word frequency. Often confused with Anstrengung and anstrengende.

Key facts for anstrengend
PropertyValue
Headwordanstrengend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,037
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anstrengend in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for anstrengend is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,037 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for anstrengend, with forms such as "annstrengend", "ansrtengend", and "ansstrengend". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is anstrengend, spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anstrengend

Misspelling Variants of "anstrengend"

annstrengend12ansrtengend11ansstrengend12ansterngend11anstregnend11anstrenegnd11anstrengedn11anstrengendd12
Misspelling Variants of "anstrengend"

Frequency rank: #6,037 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anstrengend"?
"anstrengend" is spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt].
What does "anstrengend" mean?
As an adj, "anstrengend" means: Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam
What words are commonly confused with "anstrengend"?
"anstrengend" is commonly confused with "Anstrengung", "anstrengende", "anstrengenden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anstrengend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anstrengend" is [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anstrengend" come from?
"anstrengend" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.