Finanzamt
[fiˈnant͡sˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Finanzamt” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,022
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - örtliche Behörde, die für die Verwaltung der Steuerabgaben der Bevölkerung an den Staat verantwortlich ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-finanzamt · Finanzamt · German
Finanzamt · rank #9,022 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,022
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fertigstellung
Nearest frequency peer: Fertigstellung (-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 „Finanzamt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Feiertag
Feiertag
90,981 corpus weight
- Fertigstell…
Fertigstellung
90,980 corpus weight
- Finanzamt
Finanzamt
90,979 corpus weight
- fotografiert
fotografiert
90,978 corpus weight
- Freiheiten
Freiheiten
90,977 corpus weight
- früherer
früherer
90,976 corpus weight
What this shows „Finanzamt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Finanzamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fiˈnant͡sˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Finanzamt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Finanzamt (IPA [fiˈnant͡sˌʔamt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,022 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Finanzamt, with forms such as "ffinanzamt", "fiannzamt", and "finanazmt". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Finanzamt, spelled F-I-N-A-N-Z-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1örtliche Behörde, die für die Verwaltung der Steuerabgaben der Bevölkerung an den Staat verantwortlich ist
- 2Gebäude, in dem diese Behörde [1] ihren Sitz hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Finanzamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Finanzamt versendet Steuerbescheide mit der Post.
„Auch die Finanzämter treiben noch immer zu wenig Geld ein, die Außenstände bei Steuern und Abgaben liegen bei 70 Prozent des BIP.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffinanzamt
- fiannzamt
- finanazmt
- finannzamt
- finanzammt
- finanzamtt
- finanzatm
- finanzmat
- finanzzamt
- finaznamt
- finnanzamt
- finnazamt
- fnianzamt
- ifnanzamt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Finanzamt - 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 "Finanzamt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).