EingangvsEingängenTell them apart

Which to use

“Eingang” and “Eingängen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,240
“Eingang” frequency rank
#43,126
“Eingängen” frequency rank
46366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Eingang Eingängen
Definition Öffnung zum Betreten eines begrenzten Bereiches, zum Beispiel eines Gebäudes Dativ Plural des Substantivs Eingang

Where the eye mixes Eingang and Eingängen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Eingang
9 ch
Eingängen

Look-alike desk: Eingang vs Eingängen

A purely visual mix-up. Eingang ([ˈaɪ̯nˌɡaŋ]) and Eingängen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌɡɛŋən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Eingang is recorded at frequency rank #3,240, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡaŋ]. Eingängen is at rank #43,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡɛŋən].

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 46366, this pair ranks #1,321,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Eingang vs Eingängen

Shared letters: egin. Private to "Eingang": a. Private to "Eingängen": ä.

"Eingang" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC  ·  "Eingängen" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eingangeignang · einagng · eingagn · eingangg · einganng · einggang · eingnag · einngang

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Eingang" for "Eingängen" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌɡaŋ] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡɛŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Eingang" or "Eingängen" show up more?
"Eingang" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,240 in our German list, against #43,126 for "Eingängen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Eingang" and "Eingängen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Eingang" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Eingängen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,321,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Eingang" and "Eingängen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Eingaben vs Eingängen". 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 #1,321,522 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