fernhalten
[ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“fernhalten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,332
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich nicht in die Nähe von etwas begeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-fernhalten · fernhalten · German
fernhalten · rank #24,332 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,332
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH exzellent
Nearest frequency peer: exzellent (-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 „fernhalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- exakten
exakten
75,671 corpus weight
- exzellent
exzellent
75,670 corpus weight
- fernhalten
fernhalten
75,669 corpus weight
- festhält
festhält
75,668 corpus weight
- feuchter
feuchter
75,667 corpus weight
- file
file
75,666 corpus weight
What this shows „fernhalten“ 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 | fernhalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fernhalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around fernhalten (IPA [ˈfɛʁnˌhaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,332 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fernhalten, with forms such as "efrnhalten", "fenrhalten", and "ferhnalten". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "festhalten", "fernzuhalten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fernhalten, spelled F-E-R-N-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich nicht in die Nähe von etwas begeben
- 2etwas oder jemanden davon abhalten, an einen bestimmten Ort zu gelangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fernhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von diesen Junkies am Bahnhof solltest du dich lieber fernhalten.
Von den Demonstrationen in der Innenstadt hielten sie sich wohlweislich fern.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrnhalten
- fenrhalten
- ferhnalten
- fernahlten
- fernhaletn
- fernhallten
- fernhaltenn
- fernhaltne
- fernhaltten
- fernhatlen
- fernhhalten
- fernhlaten
- fernnhalten
- ferrnhalten
- ffernhalten
- frenhalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fernhalten - 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 "fernhalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).