wandten
[ˈvantn̩]
The verdict
“wandten” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,565
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wenden
Corpus desk
Index DE-wandten · wandten · German
wandten · rank #27,565 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,565
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH waggons
Nearest frequency peer: waggons (-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 „wandten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vorige
vorige
72,439 corpus weight
- vorkam
vorkam
72,438 corpus weight
- waggons
waggons
72,437 corpus weight
- wandten
wandten
72,436 corpus weight
- Wasserhahn
Wasserhahn
72,435 corpus weight
- weiterem
weiterem
72,434 corpus weight
What this shows „wandten“ 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 | wandten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvantn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wandten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around wandten (IPA [ˈvantn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,565 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wandten, with forms such as "awndten", "wadnten", and "wanddten". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "warten", "wenden", "Wunden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 wandten, spelled W-A-N-D-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wenden
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wenden
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awndten
- wadnten
- wanddten
- wandetn
- wandtenn
- wandtne
- wandtten
- wanndten
- wantden
- wnadten
- wwandten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wandten - 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 "wandten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).