eckige

[ˈɛkɪɡə]

/[ˈɛkɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“eckige” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,124
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig

Corpus desk

Index DE-eckige · eckige · German

eckige · rank #41,124 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,124
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ebnen

Nearest frequency peer: ebnen (-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 „eckige“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „eckige“ 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).

eckige vs ewige
67% similar
eckige vs einige
67% similar
eckige vs eklige
67% similar

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

Key facts for eckige
PropertyValue
Headwordeckige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛkɪɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,124
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „eckige“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ebnen“ (#41,123), „editieren“ (#41,125), „Ehepaare“ (#41,126). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eckige“ bei #41,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around eckige (IPA [ˈɛkɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,124 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eckige, with forms such as "cekige", "ecckige", and "ecikge". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ewige", "einige", "eklige", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is eckige, spelled E-C-K-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cekige
  • ecckige
  • ecikge
  • eckgie
  • eckieg
  • eckigge
  • eckkige
  • ekcige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eckige - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cekige2ecckige1ecikge2eckgie2eckieg2eckigge1eckkige1ekcige2
Edit distance from "eckige"

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 "eckige"?
"eckige" is spelled E-C-K-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛkɪɡə].
What does "eckige" mean?
As an adjective, "eckige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eckig
What words are commonly confused with "eckige"?
"eckige" is commonly confused with "ewige", "einige", "eklige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eckige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eckige" is [ˈɛkɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eckige" come from?
"eckige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dumpfe#41,117einlud#41,131esport#41,148famous#41,158

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bytes8 variantsGesine8 variantsanrief8 variantsHelms8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list