Fang
[faŋ]
The verdict
“Fang” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,791
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Fangen oder Jagen von Tieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-fang · Fang · German
Fang · rank #6,791 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,791
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fakultät
Nearest frequency peer: Fakultät (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Fang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erwähnte
erwähnte
93,213 corpus weight
- eröffnete
eröffnete
93,212 corpus weight
- Fakultät
Fakultät
93,211 corpus weight
- Fang
Fang
93,210 corpus weight
- Fingern
Fingern
93,209 corpus weight
- fix
fix
93,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Fang” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Fang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Fang” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Fang (IPA [faŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,791 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fang, with forms such as "afng", "fagn", and "fangg". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fg", "fun", "faz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Fang, spelled F-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Fangen oder Jagen von Tieren
- 2erbeutetes Gut, besonders auf die Tierjagd bezogen
- 3Ausbeute, Erfolg
- 4Fangwerkzeuge von Raubtieren, insbesondere Reißzähne
- 5Klauen oder Krallenfuß von Greifvögeln
- 6Einrichtungen und Mechanismen, die freie Handlungen unterbinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Fang von Tieren erfordert einige Erfahrung.
„Im März 1966 erließ das sowjetische Fischereiministerium ein zehnjähriges Verbot des gewerblichen Fangs von Delphinen im Schwarzen und im Asowschen Meer.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afng
- fagn
- fangg
- fanng
- ffang
- fnag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fang - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Fang". Here's where to go from here.
- "Fang" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fg". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,791 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.