Antenne
[anˈtɛnə]
The verdict
“Antenne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,499
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geräteteil (meist ein Stab aus leitendem Material) zum Empfangen oder Senden von elektromagnetischen Wellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-antenne · Antenne · German
Antenne · rank #14,499 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,499
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anschuldigung…
Nearest frequency peer: Anschuldigungen (-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 „Antenne“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Anrufer
Anrufer
85,505 corpus weight
- Anschlägen
Anschlägen
85,504 corpus weight
- Anschuldigu…
Anschuldigungen
85,503 corpus weight
- Antenne
Antenne
85,502 corpus weight
- any
any
85,501 corpus weight
- Augenmerk
Augenmerk
85,499 corpus weight
What this shows „Antenne“ 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 | Antenne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [anˈtɛnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Antenne“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Antenne (IPA [anˈtɛnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,499 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antenne, with forms such as "anetnne", "anntenne", and "antene". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Antoine", "Antennen", "Anteile", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Antenne, spelled A-N-T-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Geräteteil (meist ein Stab aus leitendem Material) zum Empfangen oder Senden von elektromagnetischen Wellen
- 2Sinnesorgan einiger Gliederfüßer zum Erfassen der Umwelt
- 3Fähigkeit, Gespür, die Umwelt zu verstehen
- 4Stäbe zur Spielfeldbegrenzung links und rechts des Volleyballnetzes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Antenne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Antenne wurde vom Blitz getroffen.
Die Antenne war am höchsten Punkt des Hügels angebracht.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anetnne
- anntenne
- antene
- antenen
- antnene
- anttenne
- atnenne
- natenne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Antenne - 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 "Antenne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).