rangieren
[ʁaŋˈʒiːʁən]
The verdict
“rangieren” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,434
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrzeuge, insbesondere Eisenbahnwagen verschieben, in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge bringen oder einen Wagen aus einem Zug herauslösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rangieren · rangieren · German
rangieren · rank #43,434 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,434
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rahm
Nearest frequency peer: Rahm (-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 „rangieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- queren
queren
56,570 corpus weight
- Rade
Rade
56,569 corpus weight
- Rahm
Rahm
56,568 corpus weight
- rangieren
rangieren
56,567 corpus weight
- Raritäten
Raritäten
56,566 corpus weight
- Rebsorten
Rebsorten
56,564 corpus weight
What this shows „rangieren“ 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 | rangieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁaŋˈʒiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „rangieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around rangieren (IPA [ʁaŋˈʒiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,434 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rangieren, with forms such as "arngieren", "ragnieren", and "rangeiren". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "regieren", "rasieren", "rangiert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 rangieren, spelled R-A-N-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fahrzeuge, insbesondere Eisenbahnwagen verschieben, in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge bringen oder einen Wagen aus einem Zug herauslösen
- 2einen Platz innerhalb einer Gruppe einnehmen oder zugewiesen bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rangieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Rangiermeister muss heute 30 Waggons mit Ethanol rangieren.
„Beabsichtigt ein Fahrer an der Endhaltestelle, an welcher das Vorrücken oder Rangieren seines Wagens bezw. Zuges notwendig wird, auszutreten, dann hat er die Fahrkurbel dem Schaffner seines Wagens zu übergeben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arngieren
- ragnieren
- rangeiren
- ranggieren
- rangieern
- rangierenn
- rangierne
- rangierren
- rangireen
- ranigeren
- ranngieren
- rnagieren
- rrangieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rangieren - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).