Ecken
[ˈɛkn̩]
The verdict
“Ecken” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,474
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ecke
Corpus desk
Index DE-ecken · Ecken · German
Ecken · rank #5,474 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,474
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH echtes
Nearest frequency peer: echtes (-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 „Ecken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- drinnen
drinnen
94,530 corpus weight
- Ebenen
Ebenen
94,529 corpus weight
- echtes
echtes
94,528 corpus weight
- Ecken
Ecken
94,527 corpus weight
- eigenem
eigenem
94,526 corpus weight
- Elektrische
Elektrische
94,525 corpus weight
What this shows „Ecken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Ecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ecken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Ecken (IPA [ˈɛkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,474 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ecken, with forms such as "ceken", "eccken", and "ecekn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "een", "Ehen", "Elke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ecken, spelled E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ecke
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ecke
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Ecke
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ecke
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ceken
- eccken
- ecekn
- eckenn
- eckken
- eckne
- ekcen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ecken - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).