tank
[taŋk]
The verdict
“tank” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,463
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken
Corpus desk
Index DE-tank · tank · German
tank · rank #8,463 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,463
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tanja
Nearest frequency peer: Tanja (-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 „tank“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Säulen
Säulen
91,540 corpus weight
- Tanja
Tanja
91,539 corpus weight
- tank
tank
91,538 corpus weight
- Techniken
Techniken
91,537 corpus weight
- Technologien
Technologien
91,536 corpus weight
- Terrasse
Terrasse
91,535 corpus weight
What this shows „tank“ 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 | tank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [taŋk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „tank“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tank (IPA [taŋk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,463 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tank, with forms such as "atnk", "takn", and "tankk". 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, "TK", "tun", "Tat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tank, spelled T-A-N-K.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atnk
- takn
- tankk
- tannk
- tnak
- ttank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tank - 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 "tank", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).