Fantasy
[ˈfɛntəzi]
The verdict
“Fantasy” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,657
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre in Literatur und Film, das fantastische und magische Elemente enthält
Corpus desk
Index DE-fantasy · Fantasy · German
Fantasy · rank #6,657 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,657
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Europäer
Nearest frequency peer: Europäer (-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 „Fantasy“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- emotional
emotional
93,347 corpus weight
- est
est
93,346 corpus weight
- Europäer
Europäer
93,345 corpus weight
- Fantasy
Fantasy
93,344 corpus weight
- fox
fox
93,343 corpus weight
- führe
führe
93,342 corpus weight
What this shows „Fantasy“ 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 | Fantasy |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛntəzi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fantasy“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Fantasy (IPA [ˈfɛntəzi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,657 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genre in Literatur und Film, das fantastische und magische Elemente enthält".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fantasy, with forms such as "afntasy", "fanatsy", and "fanntasy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Fantasie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fantasy, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Genre in Literatur und Film, das fantastische und magische Elemente enthält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fantasy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Packendes Abenteuer mit ein wenig Fantasy und wilden Räubergesängen – eine der schönsten Verfilmungen nach einem Buch von Astrid Lindgren.“ (Berliner Morgenpost Online)
„Ben hatte unzählige Krimis gesammelt und bunte Paperbacks mit Covern, die nach Fantasy und Science-Fiction aussahen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afntasy
- fanatsy
- fanntasy
- fantassy
- fantasyy
- fantays
- fantsay
- fanttasy
- fatnasy
- ffantasy
- fnatasy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fantasy - 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 "Fantasy", 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).