vans
[væns]
The verdict
“vans” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,095
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs van
Corpus desk
Index DE-vans · vans · German
vans · rank #39,095 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,095
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vatertag
Nearest frequency peer: Vatertag (+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 „vans“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unterschied…
unterschiedlichster
60,910 corpus weight
- Unwahrheiten
Unwahrheiten
60,909 corpus weight
- Urlaube
Urlaube
60,908 corpus weight
- vans
vans
60,906 corpus weight
- Vatertag
Vatertag
60,905 corpus weight
- Vereinsleben
Vereinsleben
60,903 corpus weight
What this shows „vans“ 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 | vans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [væns] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vans“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around vans (IPA [væns]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,095 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs van".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vans, with forms such as "avns", "vanns", and "vanss". 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, "VN", "von", "VHS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vans, spelled V-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs van
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avns
- vanns
- vanss
- vasn
- vnas
- vvans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vans - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "vans", 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).