anziehen
[ˈanˌt͡siːən]
The verdict
“anziehen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,139. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,139
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein bestimmtes Kleidungsstück anlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anziehen · anziehen · German
anziehen · rank #5,139 · 11 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,139
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH angestellt
Nearest frequency peer: angestellt (-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 „anziehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zwanzig
zwanzig
94,865 corpus weight
- angestellt
angestellt
94,863 corpus weight
- anziehen
anziehen
94,862 corpus weight
- Arnold
Arnold
94,861 corpus weight
- Aufregung
Aufregung
94,860 corpus weight
- Aufstellung
Aufstellung
94,859 corpus weight
What this shows „anziehen“ 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 | anziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „anziehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around anziehen (IPA [ˈanˌt͡siːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,139 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anziehen, with forms such as "anizehen", "annziehen", and "anzeihen". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "anzieht", "anzusehen", "ausziehen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 anziehen, spelled A-N-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein bestimmtes Kleidungsstück anlegen
- 2sich oder jemanden ankleiden
- 3ohne Berührung zu sich hin ziehen
- 4ohne Berührung zu sich hin ziehen
- 5ohne Berührung zu sich hin ziehen
- 6den Zug erhöhen, etwas straff machen
- 7beschleunigen
- 8ansteigen, einen größeren Betrag annehmen
- 9sich die Brille aufsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich weiß nicht, was ich anziehen soll.
„Obwohl es ein warmer Tag werden würde, zog ich dicke Socken und Wanderschuhe an.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anizehen
- annziehen
- anzeihen
- anzieehn
- anziehenn
- anziehhen
- anziehne
- anziheen
- anzziehen
- azniehen
- naziehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anziehen - 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 "anziehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).