jahrzehntelang
[jaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːntəˌlaŋ]
The verdict
“jahrzehntelang” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,665
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere Jahrzehnte dauernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-jahrzehntelang · jahrzehntelang · German
jahrzehntelang · rank #15,665 · 23 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,665
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Ionen
Nearest frequency peer: Ionen (-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 „jahrzehntelang“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- instant
instant
84,339 corpus weight
- Inventar
Inventar
84,338 corpus weight
- Ionen
Ionen
84,337 corpus weight
- jahrzehntel…
jahrzehntelang
84,336 corpus weight
- kaltes
kaltes
84,335 corpus weight
- Kantons
Kantons
84,334 corpus weight
What this shows „jahrzehntelang“ 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 | jahrzehntelang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [jaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːntəˌlaŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #15,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „jahrzehntelang“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around jahrzehntelang (IPA [jaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːntəˌlaŋ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,665 among 699 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mehrere Jahrzehnte dauernd".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for jahrzehntelang, with forms such as "ajhrzehntelang", "jahhrzehntelang", and "jahrezhntelang". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "jahrzehntelange", "jahrzehntelangen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is jahrzehntelang, spelled J-A-H-R-Z-E-H-N-T-E-L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1mehrere Jahrzehnte dauernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jahrzehntelang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jahrzehntelang hatte man sich daran gewöhnt, die römischen Schutzgottheiten und den Princeps in einem Zusammenhang zu sehen.“
„Extrembergsteiger Reinhold Messner (67) ist jahrzehntelang auf der Suche nach dem Glück gewesen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ajhrzehntelang
- jahhrzehntelang
- jahrezhntelang
- jahrrzehntelang
- jahrzehhntelang
- jahrzehnetlang
- jahrzehnntelang
- jahrzehntealng
- jahrzehntelagn
- jahrzehntelangg
- jahrzehntelanng
- jahrzehntellang
- jahrzehntelnag
- jahrzehntleang
- jahrzehnttelang
- jahrzehtnelang
- jahrzenhtelang
- jahrzhentelang
- jahrzzehntelang
- jahzrehntelang
- jarhzehntelang
- jharzehntelang
- jjahrzehntelang
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jahrzehntelang - 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 "jahrzehntelang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).