ebenda
[ˈeːbn̩daː]
The verdict
“ebenda” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,354 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #9,354
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - genau an der eben schon erwähnten Stelle, gerade dort
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 | ebenda |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈeːbn̩daː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ebenda” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ebenda is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːbn̩daː]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,354 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "genau an der eben schon erwähnten Stelle, gerade dort".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ebenda, with forms such as "beenda", "ebbenda", and "ebedna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Ebene", "Elend", "Elena", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ebenda, spelled E-B-E-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1genau an der eben schon erwähnten Stelle, gerade dort
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: beenda,ebbenda,ebedna,ebenad,ebendda,ebennda,ebneda,eebnda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ebenda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “ebenda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-B-E-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːbn̩daː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ebene” - see the side-by-side comparison. ebenda vs Ebene
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.