eben
[ˈeːbn̩]
The verdict
“eben” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #357) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #357
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parallel zu einer gleichmäßig flachen Erdoberfläche; horizontal verlaufend, liegend; waagerecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-eben · eben · German
eben · rank #357 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #357
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH deshalb
Nearest frequency peer: deshalb (-1 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 “eben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- weit
weit
99,646 corpus weight
- deshalb
deshalb
99,645 corpus weight
- eben
eben
99,644 corpus weight
- gewesen
gewesen
99,643 corpus weight
- Glaube
Glaube
99,642 corpus weight
- Minuten
Minuten
99,641 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “eben” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eben” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for eben is neighbouring look-alikes ("en", "ee", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈeːbn̩]. Frequency #357 among 57,060 “E” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for eben, with forms such as "ebben", "ebenn", and "ebne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "en", "ee", "Ehe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is eben, spelled E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1parallel zu einer gleichmäßig flachen Erdoberfläche; horizontal verlaufend, liegend; waagerecht
- 2ohne Rauigkeiten und Unebenheiten; glatt (jedoch nicht notwendig waagerecht)
- 3gleich hoch, angemessen, von gleichem Rang, gleicher Stellung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die ebene Landschaft erstreckt sich bis zum Horizont.
Die Gegend um Plattling ist völlig eben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebben
- ebenn
- ebne
- eebn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eben - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "eben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.