EDV
[eːdeːˈfaʊ̯]
The verdict
“EDV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,865) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,865
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elektronische Datenverarbeitung
Corpus desk
Index DE-edv · EDV · German
EDV · rank #15,865 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,865
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dänen
Nearest frequency peer: Dänen (-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 „EDV“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- dreifach
dreifach
84,139 corpus weight
- Druckerei
Druckerei
84,138 corpus weight
- Dänen
Dänen
84,137 corpus weight
- EDV
EDV
84,136 corpus weight
- einberufen
einberufen
84,135 corpus weight
- eindeutigen
eindeutigen
84,134 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „EDV“ 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 | EDV |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [eːdeːˈfaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „EDV“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for EDV is neighbouring look-alikes ("es", "er", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [eːdeːˈfaʊ̯]. Frequency #15,865 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Gloss: "elektronische Datenverarbeitung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for EDV in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "es", "er", "EU", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is EDV, spelled E-D-V.
Definition
- 1elektronische Datenverarbeitung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how EDV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die in den 1980er Jahren eingeführte EDV ist heute aus dem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken.
„Die neue Buchhandlung nötigt uns, wieder einmal die EDV aufzustocken.“
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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