Effizienz
[ɛfiˈt͡si̯ɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Effizienz” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,175
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhältnis zwischen Leistung und Erfolg beziehungsweise Einsatz (Kosten) und Gewinn (Ertrag)
Corpus desk
Index DE-effizienz · Effizienz · German
Effizienz · rank #9,175 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,175
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einheimische
Nearest frequency peer: einheimische (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Effizienz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- draus
draus
90,829 corpus weight
- Earl
Earl
90,828 corpus weight
- Effizienz
Effizienz
90,826 corpus weight
- einheimische
einheimische
90,825 corpus weight
- einsehen
einsehen
90,824 corpus weight
- Einstein
Einstein
90,823 corpus weight
What this shows „Effizienz“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Effizienz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛfiˈt͡si̯ɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Effizienz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Effizienz (IPA [ɛfiˈt͡si̯ɛnt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verhältnis zwischen Leistung und Erfolg beziehungsweise Einsatz (Kosten) und Gewinn (Ertrag)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Effizienz, with forms such as "effiizenz", "effizeinz", and "effiziennz". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "effizient", "effiziente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Effizienz, spelled E-F-F-I-Z-I-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Verhältnis zwischen Leistung und Erfolg beziehungsweise Einsatz (Kosten) und Gewinn (Ertrag)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Effizienz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Immer dann, wenn es darum geht irgendetwas zu vergleichen, findet häufig der Begriff der Effizienz Verwendung.“
„Zusätzliche Heizkörper oder eine Fußbodenheizung senken die nötige Vorlauftemperatur und erhöhen so die Effizienz der Wärmepumpe.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- effiizenz
- effizeinz
- effiziennz
- effizienzz
- effiziezn
- effizinez
- effizzienz
- effziienz
- efifzienz
- efizienz
- fefizienz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Effizienz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Effizienz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).