Eckstein
[ˈɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Eckstein” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,719
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (wichtiger, stützender) Stein an der Ecke einer Mauer
Corpus desk
Index DE-eckstein · Eckstein · German
Eckstein · rank #35,719 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #35,719
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dürren
Nearest frequency peer: Dürren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Eckstein”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Duschgel
Duschgel
64,285 corpus weight
- duzen
duzen
64,284 corpus weight
- Dürren
Dürren
64,283 corpus weight
- Eckstein
Eckstein
64,282 corpus weight
- Ehemannes
Ehemannes
64,281 corpus weight
- Eichsfeld
Eichsfeld
64,280 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Eckstein” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Eckstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Eckstein” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Eckstein (IPA [ˈɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,719 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eckstein, with forms such as "cekstein", "ecckstein", and "eckkstein". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Einstein", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Eckstein, spelled E-C-K-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1(wichtiger, stützender) Stein an der Ecke einer Mauer
- 2Stein an der Ecke einer Gemarkung
- 3Prellstein an einer Straßenecke
- 4das, worauf sich eine Lehre, eine Idee hauptsächlich stützt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eckstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das eher unregelmässige Mauerwerk besteht aus Findlingen und Bruchsteinen. Die Ecksteine mit Bossen bestehen zum Teil aus Tuff.“
„Eben wie Leonidas auf dem Gemälde von David bin ich kostümiert, wenn ich in meinen Träumen auf dem Eckstein sitze an der Rue Laffitte, wo der verdammte Kutscher von Aguado mir meine Trikothosen bespritzt“.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cekstein
- ecckstein
- eckkstein
- ecksetin
- ecksstein
- ecksteinn
- ecksteni
- eckstien
- ecksttein
- ecktsein
- ecsktein
- ekcstein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eckstein - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Eckstein", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Einstein". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #35,719 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.