führend
[ˈfyːʁənt]
The verdict
“führend” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,975
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Geschehen bestimmend
Corpus desk
Index DE-fuhrend · führend · German
führend · rank #21,975 · 11 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fördermittel
Nearest frequency peer: Fördermittel (-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 “führend”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Frisuren
Frisuren
78,030 corpus weight
- fruchtbaren
fruchtbaren
78,029 corpus weight
- Funktionär
Funktionär
78,028 corpus weight
- Fördermittel
Fördermittel
78,027 corpus weight
- führend
führend
78,026 corpus weight
- Garant
Garant
78,023 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “führend” 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 | führend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfyːʁənt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “führend” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around führend (IPA [ˈfyːʁənt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,975 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das Geschehen bestimmend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for führend, with forms such as "fführend", "fhürend", and "fühernd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Führer", "Führung", "führten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is führend, spelled F-Ü-H-R-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1das Geschehen bestimmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how führend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Führende Wissenschaftler haben durch ihre Unterschrift unter dieses Dokument ihren Unmut über diese untragbaren Umstände zum Ausdruck gebracht.
„Nachdem Canon mit dem Pocketronic erfolgreich war und Konkurrenzunternehmen wie Sharp eigene Versionen des Taschenrechners nachlegten, brachte Texas Instruments 1972 sein erstes eigenes Modell heraus, den TI 2500 Datamath. Schnell wurde das Unternehmen zum führenden Unternehmen für Taschenrechner. Zwischen 1972 und 1979 gab es um die 60 unterschiedliche…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fführend
- fhürend
- fühernd
- fühhrend
- führedn
- führendd
- führennd
- führned
- führrend
- fürhend
- üfhrend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of führend - 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 "führend", 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).
What to do next
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- "führend" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Führer". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,975 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
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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.