ätzend
[ˈɛt͡sn̩t]
The verdict
“ätzend” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,810
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberflächen zerstörend, Gewebe zerstörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-atzend · ätzend · German
ätzend · rank #20,810 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,810
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH ärmsten
Nearest frequency peer: ärmsten (-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 „ätzend“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Züchter
Züchter
79,194 corpus weight
- Ägyptens
Ägyptens
79,193 corpus weight
- ärmsten
ärmsten
79,192 corpus weight
- ätzend
ätzend
79,191 corpus weight
- übe
übe
79,190 corpus weight
- überragend
überragend
79,189 corpus weight
What this shows „ätzend“ 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 | ätzend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛt͡sn̩t] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ätzend“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around ätzend (IPA [ˈɛt͡sn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,810 among 75 “Ä” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ätzend, with forms such as "täzend", "äteznd", and "ättzend". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Atze", "Abend", "Athen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ätzend, spelled Ä-T-Z-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Oberflächen zerstörend, Gewebe zerstörend
- 2spöttisch-beleidigend, emotional verletzend
- 3abscheulich, furchtbar
- 4toll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ätzend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Als der Verkäufer das Gerät zur Ansicht übergeben hatte, war plötzlich ein Unbekannter hinzugekommen und hatte dem Computerbesitzer eine ätzende Flüssigkeit ins Gesicht gesprüht."
[Das aus Dieselfahrzeugen stammende] Stickstoffdioxid ist ein ätzendes Reizgas, es schädigt laut Umweltbundesamt das Schleimhautgewebe im gesamten Atemtrakt und reizt die Augen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- täzend
- äteznd
- ättzend
- ätzedn
- ätzendd
- ätzennd
- ätzned
- ätzzend
- äztend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ätzend - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "ätzend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).