Ecke

/[ˈɛkə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,806

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ecke is aGermannoun. It means: Punkt, in welchem zwei begrenzende Linien einer Fläche beziehungsweise drei oder mehr Grenzflächen eines Körpers zusammenstoßen Pronounced [ˈɛkə]. It ranks #1,806 in German word frequency. Often confused with ee and ek.

Key facts for Ecke
PropertyValue
HeadwordEcke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛkə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,806
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ecke is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛkə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,806 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ecke, with forms such as "ceke", "eccke", and "ecek". 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, "ee", "ek", "Ehe", 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 Ecke, spelled E-C-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Punkt, in welchem zwei begrenzende Linien einer Fläche beziehungsweise drei oder mehr Grenzflächen eines Körpers zusammenstoßen
  2. 2
    Stelle, an der zwei Straßen zusammentreffen: Straßenecke
  3. 3
    kleines Stück von etwas
  4. 4
    etwas in der Form einer Ecke ^([1])
  5. 5
    Teil eines Gebietes, Ortes, Gartens: Gegend
  6. 6
    Kurzform für Eckball oder Eckstoß; die vier Winkel des Ringes oder der Matte
  7. 7
    zu einer bestimmten Personengruppe gehören

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceke,eccke,ecek,eckke,ekce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ecke

Misspelling Variants of "Ecke"

ceke4eccke5ecek4eckke5ekce4
Misspelling Variants of "Ecke"

Frequency rank: #1,806 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ecke"?
"Ecke" is spelled E-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛkə].
What does "Ecke" mean?
As a noun, "Ecke" means: Punkt, in welchem zwei begrenzende Linien einer Fläche beziehungsweise drei oder mehr Grenzflächen eines Körpers zusammenstoßen
What words are commonly confused with "Ecke"?
"Ecke" is commonly confused with "ee", "ek", "Ehe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ecke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ecke" is [ˈɛkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ecke" come from?
"Ecke" 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.