EintragungvsEintragungenWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#17,562
“Eintragung” frequency rank
#35,735
“Eintragungen” frequency rank
53297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Eintragung Eintragungen
Definition die Handlung, die darin besteht, etwas in eine geeignete Stelle zu schreiben Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Eintragung

Where the eye mixes Eintragung and Eintragungen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Eintragung runs 10 letters (VVCCCVCVCC) against Eintragungen's 12 (VVCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
Eintragung
12 ch
Eintragungen

Visual trap between Eintragung and Eintragungen

A purely visual mix-up. Eintragung ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋ]) and Eintragungen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋən]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Eintragung” sits inside “Eintragungen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Eintragung is recorded at frequency rank #17,562, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋ]. Eintragungen is at rank #35,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋən].

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 53297, this pair ranks #1,063,525 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Eintragung vs Eintragungen

Shared letters: aeginrtu. Private to "Eintragung": -. Private to "Eintragungen": -.

"Eintragung" · 10 letters · shape VVCCCVCVCC  ·  "Eintragungen" · 12 letters · shape VVCCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eintragung ← einntragung · einrtagung · eintargung · eintraggung · eintragnug · eintragugn · eintragungg · eintragunng
  • Eintragungen ← einntragungen · einrtagungen · eintargungen · eintraggungen · eintragnugen · eintragugnen · eintragunegn · eintragungenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Eintragung" and "Eintragungen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋ] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌtʁaːɡʊŋən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Eintragung" or "Eintragungen"?
"Eintragung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,562 in our German list, against #35,735 for "Eintragungen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Eintragung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Eintragungen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,063,525 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Eintragung" and "Eintragungen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eintragen vs Eintragung". 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 #1,063,525 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