EintragvsEinträgeWhich spelling fits?

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

#5,163
“Eintrag” frequency rank
#9,885
“Einträge” frequency rank
15048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Eintrag Einträge
Definition schriftlicher Vermerk (in einem Klassenbuch, Tagebuch und dergleichen) Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Eintrag

Where the eye mixes Eintrag and Einträge

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

7 ch
Eintrag
8 ch
Einträge

Look-alike desk: Eintrag vs Einträge

A purely visual mix-up. Eintrag ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːk]) and Einträge ([ˈaɪ̯ntʁɛːɡə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Eintrag is recorded at frequency rank #5,163, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːk]. Einträge is at rank #9,885, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯ntʁɛːɡə].

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 15048, this pair ranks #1,946,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Eintrag vs Einträge

Shared letters: eginrt. Private to "Eintrag": a. Private to "Einträge": ä.

"Eintrag" · 7 letters · shape VVCCCVC  ·  "Einträge" · 8 letters · shape VVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eintrageinntrag · einrtag · eintarg · eintragg · eintrga · eintrrag · einttrag · eitnrag

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Eintrag" and "Einträge" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːk] versus [ˈaɪ̯ntʁɛːɡə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Eintrag" or "Einträge" show up more?
"Eintrag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,163 in our German list, against #9,885 for "Einträge". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Eintrag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Einträge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,946,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Eintrag" and "Einträge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Einträge vs ertrage". 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 #1,946,789 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