ebenso

/[ˈeːbn̩zoː]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#633

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

ebenso is anGermanadv. It means: im gleichen Maße, auf die gleiche Weise Pronounced [ˈeːbn̩zoː]. It ranks #633 in German word frequency. Often confused with eben and Ebene.

Key facts for ebenso
PropertyValue
Headwordebenso
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈeːbn̩zoː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#633
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ebenso is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːbn̩zoː]. Corpus data places it at rank #633 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "im gleichen Maße, auf die gleiche Weise".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ebenso, with forms such as "beenso", "ebbenso", and "ebennso". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "eben", "Ebene", "Ebenen", 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 ebenso, spelled E-B-E-N-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    im gleichen Maße, auf die gleiche Weise

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: beenso,ebbenso,ebennso,ebenos,ebensso,ebesno,ebneso,eebnso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ebenso

Misspelling Variants of "ebenso"

beenso6ebbenso7ebennso7ebenos6ebensso7ebesno6ebneso6eebnso6
Misspelling Variants of "ebenso"

Frequency rank: #633 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ebenso"?
"ebenso" is spelled E-B-E-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːbn̩zoː].
What does "ebenso" mean?
As an adv, "ebenso" means: im gleichen Maße, auf die gleiche Weise
What words are commonly confused with "ebenso"?
"ebenso" is commonly confused with "eben", "Ebene", "Ebenen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ebenso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ebenso" is [ˈeːbn̩zoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ebenso" come from?
"ebenso" 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.