Anwalt

/[ˈanvalt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,531

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Anwalt is aGermannoun. It means: bevollmächtigter Rechtsvertreter Pronounced [ˈanvalt]. It ranks #2,531 in German word frequency. Often confused with Anwälte and Anwalts.

Key facts for Anwalt
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HeadwordAnwalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanvalt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,531
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Anwalt is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanvalt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,531 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Anwalt, with forms such as "anawlt", "annwalt", and "anwallt". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Anwälte", "Anwalts", "Anwältin", 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 Anwalt, spelled A-N-W-A-L-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bevollmächtigter Rechtsvertreter
  2. 2
    Person, die sich für etwas/jemanden nachhaltig einsetzt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anawlt,annwalt,anwallt,anwaltt,anwatl,anwlat,anwwalt,awnalt,nawalt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Anwalt

Misspelling Variants of "Anwalt"

anawlt6annwalt7anwallt7anwaltt7anwatl6anwlat6anwwalt7awnalt6
Misspelling Variants of "Anwalt"

Frequency rank: #2,531 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anwalt"?
"Anwalt" is spelled A-N-W-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanvalt].
What does "Anwalt" mean?
As a noun, "Anwalt" means: bevollmächtigter Rechtsvertreter
What words are commonly confused with "Anwalt"?
"Anwalt" is commonly confused with "Anwälte", "Anwalts", "Anwältin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Anwalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anwalt" is [ˈanvalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anwalt" come from?
"Anwalt" 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.