Eder
[ˈeːdɐ]
The verdict
“Eder” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,786) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,786
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Fluss in Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-eder · Eder · German
Eder · rank #14,786 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,786
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH earth
Nearest frequency peer: earth (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Eder“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- düster
düster
85,218 corpus weight
- early
early
85,217 corpus weight
- earth
earth
85,216 corpus weight
- Eder
Eder
85,215 corpus weight
- eifersüchtig
eifersüchtig
85,214 corpus weight
- Eingangs
Eingangs
85,213 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Eder“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
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 | Eder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːdɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Eder“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Eder is neighbouring look-alikes ("er", "ee", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈeːdɐ]. Frequency #14,786 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Gloss: "ein Fluss in Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eder, with forms such as "deer", "edder", and "ederr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "er", "ee", "Ehe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Eder, spelled E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Fluss in Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Eder ist ein Nebenfluss der Fulda.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deer
- edder
- ederr
- eedr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eder - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).