Fernsteuerung
[ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Fernsteuerung” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,172
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerät, mit dem man ein anderes aus der Entfernung steuern kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fernsteuerung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #43,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fernsteuerung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Fernsteuerung (IPA [ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,172 among 45,736 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gerät, mit dem man ein anderes aus der Entfernung steuern kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fernsteuerung, with forms such as "efrnsteuerung", "fenrsteuerung", and "fernnsteuerung". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fernsteuerung, spelled F-E-R-N-S-T-E-U-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gerät, mit dem man ein anderes aus der Entfernung steuern kann
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrnsteuerung
- fenrsteuerung
- fernnsteuerung
- fernsetuerung
- fernssteuerung
- fernsteeurung
- fernsteuernug
- fernsteuerrung
- fernsteuerugn
- fernsteuerungg
- fernsteuerunng
- fernsteueurng
- fernsteureung
- fernstteuerung
- fernstueerung
- ferntseuerung
- ferrnsteuerung
- fersnteuerung
- ffernsteuerung
- frensteuerung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fernsteuerung - 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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Using “Fernsteuerung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-E-R-N-S-T-E-U-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɛʁnˌʃtɔɪ̯əʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.