fahnden
[ˈfaːndn̩]
The verdict
“fahnden” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,647
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemanden, etwas) polizeilich suchen (zwecks Verhaftung oder Beschlagnahme)
Corpus desk
Index DE-fahnden · fahnden · German
fahnden · rank #49,647 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,647
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fahrersitz
Nearest frequency peer: Fahrersitz (+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 „fahnden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fachhandel
Fachhandel
50,356 corpus weight
- fahnden
fahnden
50,354 corpus weight
- Fahrersitz
Fahrersitz
50,353 corpus weight
- fahrlässigen
fahrlässigen
50,352 corpus weight
- Fahrplanwec…
Fahrplanwechsel
50,351 corpus weight
- Fahrradtour
Fahrradtour
50,350 corpus weight
What this shows „fahnden“ 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 | fahnden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfaːndn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fahnden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around fahnden (IPA [ˈfaːndn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,647 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fahnden, with forms such as "afhnden", "fahdnen", and "fahhnden". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Fahne", "fände", "finden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fahnden, spelled F-A-H-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemanden, etwas) polizeilich suchen (zwecks Verhaftung oder Beschlagnahme)
- 2intensiv versuchen, (jemanden, etwas) ausfindig zu machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fahnden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Pöbel bekäm’ die Erlaubniß bald
„Als eine engliſche Parlamentsacte vom Jahr 1839 die engliſchen Kreuzer ermächtigte, auf verdächtige Portugieſiſche Sclavenſchiffe zu fahnden, wurde dieſelbe vielſeitig als eine völkerrechtswidrige Anmaßung Englands getadelt.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afhnden
- fahdnen
- fahhnden
- fahndden
- fahndenn
- fahndne
- fahnedn
- fahnnden
- fanhden
- ffahnden
- fhanden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fahnden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "fahnden", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).