Ebene

[ˈeːbənə]

/[ˈeːbənə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ebene” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,875
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungekrümmte, planare Fläche

Corpus desk

Index DE-ebene · Ebene · German

Ebene · rank #1,875 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,875
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchgeführt

Nearest frequency peer: durchgeführt (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Ebene“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Ebene“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ebene vs een
40% similar
Ebene vs eine
40% similar
Ebene vs Ehen
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ebene
PropertyValue
HeadwordEbene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːbənə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,875
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ebene“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ebeneliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „durchgeführt“ (#1,874), „entsprechenden“ (#1,876), „Donnerstag“ (#1,873). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ebene“ bei #1,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Ebene (IPA [ˈeːbənə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,875 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ebene, with forms such as "beene", "ebbene", and "ebeen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "een", "eine", "Ehen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ebene, spelled E-B-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ungekrümmte, planare Fläche
  2. 2
    lang ausgestreckte, flache, hügelfreie Landschaft unabhängig von ihrer Höhe über dem Meer
  3. 3
    Schicht in einem mehrschichtigen Konstrukt, zum Beispiel in einer politischen oder wirtschaftlichen Organisation
  4. 4
    die Euklidische Ebene, ein zweidimensionaler Vektorraum
  5. 5
    Geschoss, Etage in einem Gebäude
  6. 6
    planare Molekularstruktur
  7. 7
    aus einer transparenten Folie bestehende oder mit einer solchen Folie vergleichbare Einheit, in der Zeichnungsobjekte untereinander in Beziehung stehen
  8. 8
    logische Gliederung von raumbezogenen Objekten in einem Geoinformationssystem

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ebene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zwischen den Dünen gibt es eine Ebene, und dort sollen die Sonnenstühle aufgestellt werden.
  2. Hinter den Bergen erstreckt sich eine scheinbar endlose Ebene.

Synonyms

FlachlandNiederungPlateauPlatteTafelTieflandSchichtGeschossebeneNiveauPlattformStufeLevel

Antonyms

Fastebene

This word in other languages

plane(English)plano(Español)plan(Français)planície(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • beene
  • ebbene
  • ebeen
  • ebenne
  • ebnee
  • eebne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ebene - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

beene2ebbene1ebeen2ebenne1ebnee2eebne2
Edit distance from "Ebene"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ebene"?
"Ebene" is spelled E-B-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːbənə].
What does "Ebene" mean?
As a noun, "Ebene" means: ungekrümmte, planare Fläche
What words are commonly confused with "Ebene"?
"Ebene" is commonly confused with "een", "eine", "Ehen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ebene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ebene" is [ˈeːbənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ebene" come from?
"Ebene" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ebene", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ziele#1,867Stein#1,863Heinz#1,888starb#1,861

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Bund6 variantsKurs6 variantslaufe6 variantshalb6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list