edivsegliWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: edi is a verb, egli is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“edi” is a verb and “egli” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,519
“edi” frequency rank
#45,875
“egli” frequency rank
76394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edi egli
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Perfekt Aktiv des Verbs edere er

Letter map: edi vs egli

Shared letters muted; letters that set edi and egli apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. edi runs 3 letters (VCV) against egli's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
edi
4 ch
egli

Role in the sentence - edi and egli

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: edi is averb and egliapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edi is recorded at frequency rank #30,519, classified as averb, pronounced […]. egli is at rank #45,875, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈeʎʎi].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 76394, this pair ranks #284,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of edi vs egli

Shared letters: ei. Private to "edi": d. Private to "egli": gl.

"edi" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "egli" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • egli ← eggli · eglli · elgi

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "edi" and "egli" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "edi" is a verb and "egli" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "edi" vs "egli" - which ranks higher?
"edi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,519 in our German list, against #45,875 for "egli". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "edi" and "egli". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "edi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "egli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edi" and "egli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "egli vs Erle". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #284,907 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list