Mangel
[ˈmaŋl̩]
The verdict
“Mangel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,290
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - unzureichende Menge oder unzureichendes Ausmaß von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-mangel · Mangel · German
Mangel · rank #4,290 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,290
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Madrid
Nearest frequency peer: Madrid (-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 “Mangel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Legende
Legende
95,714 corpus weight
- like
like
95,713 corpus weight
- Madrid
Madrid
95,712 corpus weight
- Mangel
Mangel
95,711 corpus weight
- Medikamente
Medikamente
95,710 corpus weight
- meldet
meldet
95,709 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mangel” 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 | Mangel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaŋl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mangel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Mangel (IPA [ˈmaŋl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,290 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mangel, with forms such as "amngel", "magnel", and "manegl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Menge", "Mango", "Marge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Mangel, spelled M-A-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1unzureichende Menge oder unzureichendes Ausmaß von etwas
- 2Fehler, Unvollkommenheit bei einer Sache
- 3Fehler beziehungsweise das Fehlen von zugesicherten Eigenschaften einer Sache oder eines Rechts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mangel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus Mangel an Geld konnte er sich das nicht leisten.
„Die meisten Witze über die wirtschaftliche Situation in der DDR suchten die im täglichen Leben empfundenen Mängel zu beschreiben und mit Witz zu verarbeiten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amngel
- magnel
- manegl
- mangell
- manggel
- mangle
- manngel
- mmangel
- mnagel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mangel - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mangel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.