Efeu
[ˈeːfɔɪ̯]
The verdict
“Efeu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,090) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,090
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Araliengewächse (Araliaceae)
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 | Efeu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːfɔɪ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Efeu” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Efeu is neighbouring look-alikes ("EU", "Ehe", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈeːfɔɪ̯]. Frequency #48,090 among 57,060 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Efeu, with forms such as "eefu", "effeu", and "efue". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "EU", "Ehe", "eye", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Efeu, spelled E-F-E-U.
Definition
- 1Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Araliengewächse (Araliaceae)
- 2immergrüne Kletterpflanze aus der Gattung Efeu
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eefu,effeu,efue,feeu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Efeu - 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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Using “Efeu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-F-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːfɔɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “EU” - see the side-by-side comparison. Efeu vs EU
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Words at a similar German frequency
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.