EBA
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The verdict
“EBA” is uncommon German (frequency #54,457 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,457
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eisenbahn-Bundesamt
Corpus desk
Index DE-eba · EBA · German
EBA · rank #54,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,457
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH durchsuchte
Nearest frequency peer: durchsuchte (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “EBA”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnitten
45,548 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
45,547 corpus weight
- durchsuchte
durchsuchte
45,546 corpus weight
- EBA
EBA
45,544 corpus weight
- Edding
Edding
45,541 corpus weight
- editions
editions
45,540 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “EBA” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | EBA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “EBA” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
EBA is uncommon German at frequency #54,457 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
EBA has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is EBA, spelled E-B-A.
Definition
- 1Eisenbahn-Bundesamt
- 2Europäische Bankenaufsicht
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "EBA", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.