Glanz
[ɡlant͡s]
The verdict
“Glanz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,056
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schein oder Widerschein, besonders auf glatten Materialien; das Leuchten von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-glanz · Glanz · German
Glanz · rank #7,056 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,056
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gewisser
Nearest frequency peer: gewisser (-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 „Glanz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gewannen
gewannen
92,948 corpus weight
- Gewerkschaft
Gewerkschaft
92,947 corpus weight
- gewisser
gewisser
92,946 corpus weight
- Glanz
Glanz
92,945 corpus weight
- Gottesdienst
Gottesdienst
92,944 corpus weight
- grundlegende
grundlegende
92,943 corpus weight
What this shows „Glanz“ 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 | Glanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡlant͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Glanz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Glanz (IPA [ɡlant͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,056 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glanz, with forms such as "galnz", "gglanz", and "glannz". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Glas", "Graz", "gran", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Glanz, spelled G-L-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Schein oder Widerschein, besonders auf glatten Materialien; das Leuchten von etwas
- 2besonderer, auffälliger Zustand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Glanz der Lichter sah alles viel schöner aus.
Er sonnte sich im Glanz seines Sieges.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- galnz
- gglanz
- glannz
- glanzz
- glazn
- gllanz
- glnaz
- lganz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glanz - 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 "Glanz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).