Ärgernis
[ˈɛʁɡɐnɪs]
The verdict
“Ärgernis” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,408
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorkommnis, das ein negatives Gefühl wie einen kleinen Ärger, eine Verstimmung oder Irritation auslöst
Corpus desk
Index DE-argernis · Ärgernis · German
Ärgernis · rank #30,408 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,408
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH zögert
Nearest frequency peer: zögert (-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 „Ärgernis“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zuwenden
zuwenden
69,596 corpus weight
- Zuwenig
Zuwenig
69,595 corpus weight
- zögert
zögert
69,594 corpus weight
- Ärgernis
Ärgernis
69,593 corpus weight
- Ölgemälde
Ölgemälde
69,592 corpus weight
- Österreiche…
Österreichern
69,591 corpus weight
What this shows „Ärgernis“ 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 | Ärgernis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁɡɐnɪs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ärgernis“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Ärgernis (IPA [ˈɛʁɡɐnɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,408 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ärgernis, with forms such as "rägernis", "ägrernis", and "äregrnis". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ärgern", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ärgernis, spelled Ä-R-G-E-R-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Vorkommnis, das ein negatives Gefühl wie einen kleinen Ärger, eine Verstimmung oder Irritation auslöst
- 2negatives Gefühl der Erregung, das dem Ärger gleicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ärgernis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das leichte Zittern seiner rechten Hand, das bisher nur ein Ärgernis war, würde sich verstärken.
Ein Autounfall hier ist ein Ärgernis, zwei Missernten dort haben existentielle Konsequenzen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rägernis
- ägrernis
- äregrnis
- ärgenris
- ärgerins
- ärgerniss
- ärgernnis
- ärgernsi
- ärgerrnis
- ärggernis
- ärgrenis
- ärrgernis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ärgernis - 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 "Ärgernis", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).