Edith

/[ˈeːdɪt]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,529

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Edith is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈeːdɪt]. It ranks #9,529 in German word frequency. Often confused with eth and eich.

Key facts for Edith
PropertyValue
HeadwordEdith
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈeːdɪt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,529
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Edith is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːdɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,529 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Edith, with forms such as "deith", "eddith", and "ediht". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "eth", "eich", "Erich", 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 Edith, spelled E-D-I-T-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: deith,eddith,ediht,edithh,editth,edtih,eidth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Edith

Misspelling Variants of "Edith"

deith5eddith6ediht5edithh6editth6edtih5eidth5
Misspelling Variants of "Edith"

Frequency rank: #9,529 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Edith"?
"Edith" is spelled E-D-I-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːdɪt].
What does "Edith" mean?
As a name, "Edith" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Edith"?
"Edith" is commonly confused with "eth", "eich", "Erich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Edith"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Edith" is [ˈeːdɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Edith" come from?
"Edith" 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.