Irrenanstalt
[ˈɪʁənˌʔanʃtalt]
The verdict
“Irrenanstalt” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,598
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abwertend: medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung/Unterbringung von psychisch Kranken
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrenanstalt · Irrenanstalt · German
Irrenanstalt · rank #42,598 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,598
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Inzidenz
Nearest frequency peer: Inzidenz (-2 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 „Irrenanstalt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- insolvent
insolvent
57,407 corpus weight
- Investors
Investors
57,406 corpus weight
- Inzidenz
Inzidenz
57,405 corpus weight
- Irrenanstalt
Irrenanstalt
57,403 corpus weight
- Isländer
Isländer
57,401 corpus weight
- Jahrestages
Jahrestages
57,400 corpus weight
What this shows „Irrenanstalt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Irrenanstalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁənˌʔanʃtalt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #42,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Irrenanstalt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Irrenanstalt (IPA [ˈɪʁənˌʔanʃtalt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,598 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "abwertend: medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung/Unterbringung von psychisch Kranken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Irrenanstalt, with forms such as "irenanstalt", "irernanstalt", and "irreannstalt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Irrenanstalt, spelled I-R-R-E-N-A-N-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1abwertend: medizinische Einrichtung zur längerfristigen Behandlung/Unterbringung von psychisch Kranken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Irrenanstalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Meine Mutter war auf dem Weg in eine Irrenanstalt und mein Vater ein schlechtgelaunter und übernächtigter Fahrer.“
„Man wartete nur darauf, daß in der Irrenanstalt Platz wurde, denn die war auch überfüllt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irenanstalt
- irernanstalt
- irreannstalt
- irrenannstalt
- irrenansatlt
- irrenansstalt
- irrenanstallt
- irrenanstaltt
- irrenanstatl
- irrenanstlat
- irrenansttalt
- irrenantsalt
- irrenasntalt
- irrennanstalt
- irrennastalt
- irrneanstalt
- rirenanstalt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Irrenanstalt - 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 "Irrenanstalt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).