Ebene

/[ˈeːbənə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,875

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ebene is aGermannoun. It means: ungekrümmte, planare Fläche Pronounced [ˈeːbənə]. It ranks #1,875 in German word frequency. Often confused with een and eine.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ebene in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ebene is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːbənə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,875 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ebene, with forms such as "beene", "ebbene", and "ebeen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "een", "eine", "Ehen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ebene, spelled E-B-E-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: beene,ebbene,ebeen,ebenne,ebnee,eebne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ebene

Misspelling Variants of "Ebene"

beene5ebbene6ebeen5ebenne6ebnee5eebne5
Misspelling Variants of "Ebene"

Frequency rank: #1,875 in German

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.