relaxen
[ʁiˈlɛksn̩]
The verdict
“relaxen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,741
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich von einer körperlichen und/oder emotionalen, geistigen Anstrengung oder Anspannung befreien und neue Kraft schöpfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-relaxen · relaxen · German
relaxen · rank #32,741 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,741
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Reinickendorf
Nearest frequency peer: Reinickendorf (-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 „relaxen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- regine
regine
67,263 corpus weight
- Rehe
Rehe
67,262 corpus weight
- Reinickendo…
Reinickendorf
67,261 corpus weight
- relaxen
relaxen
67,260 corpus weight
- Rennwagen
Rennwagen
67,259 corpus weight
- Rindern
Rindern
67,257 corpus weight
What this shows „relaxen“ 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 | relaxen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁiˈlɛksn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „relaxen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around relaxen (IPA [ʁiˈlɛksn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,741 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich von einer körperlichen und/oder emotionalen, geistigen Anstrengung oder Anspannung befreien und neue Kraft schöpfen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for relaxen, with forms such as "erlaxen", "realxen", and "relaexn". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "relax", "realen", "Regalen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 relaxen, spelled R-E-L-A-X-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich von einer körperlichen und/oder emotionalen, geistigen Anstrengung oder Anspannung befreien und neue Kraft schöpfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relaxen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den langen Pausen, ehe ein neues Gericht gereicht wurde, brachte mir der bei Reiswein vergnügt gewordene Fabrikherr zur Belehrung Geisha-Spiele der stilleren Sorte bei, mit denen man die Zeit vertreiben und relaxen kann.“
„[‚]Relaxing, more relaxing‘, rief der Skilehrer immer wieder. Aber die Schüler folgten nicht, relaxten nicht, im Gegenteil verkrampften immer mehr.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erlaxen
- realxen
- relaexn
- relaxenn
- relaxne
- relaxxen
- rellaxen
- relxaen
- rleaxen
- rrelaxen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relaxen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).