Thanksgiving
[ˈθɛŋksɡɪvɪŋ]
The verdict
“Thanksgiving” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,276
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kurz für Thanksgiving Day, dem Erntedanktag in den USA; auch das Fest an diesem Tag, das dem Erntedankfest entspricht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thanksgiving |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈθɛŋksɡɪvɪŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #44,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thanksgiving” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Thanksgiving (IPA [ˈθɛŋksɡɪvɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,276 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kurz für Thanksgiving Day, dem Erntedanktag in den USA; auch das Fest an diesem Tag, das dem Erntedankfest entspricht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thanksgiving, with forms such as "htanksgiving", "tahnksgiving", and "thaknsgiving". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Thanksgiving, spelled T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1kurz für Thanksgiving Day, dem Erntedanktag in den USA; auch das Fest an diesem Tag, das dem Erntedankfest entspricht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: htanksgiving,tahnksgiving,thaknsgiving,thankgsiving,thankksgiving,thanksggiving,thanksgiivng,thanksgivign,thanksgivingg,thanksgivinng,thanksgivnig,thanksgivving,thanksgviing,thanksigving,thankssgiving,thannksgiving,thanskgiving,thhanksgiving,thnaksgiving,tthanksgiving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thanksgiving - 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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Using “Thanksgiving”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈθɛŋksɡɪvɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.