Egger
[ˈɛɡɐ]
The verdict
“Egger” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,252
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-egger · Egger · German
Egger · rank #27,252 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,252
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgespielt
Nearest frequency peer: durchgespielt (-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 „Egger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- drew
drew
72,752 corpus weight
- durchgespie…
durchgespielt
72,750 corpus weight
- Egger
Egger
72,749 corpus weight
- Ehrenamtlic…
Ehrenamtlicher
72,748 corpus weight
- Ehrenmann
Ehrenmann
72,747 corpus weight
- Eichstätt
Eichstätt
72,746 corpus weight
What this shows „Egger“ 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 | Egger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛɡɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Egger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Egger (IPA [ˈɛɡɐ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,252 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Egger, with forms such as "egegr", "eger", and "eggerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eher", "euer", "Eier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Egger, spelled E-G-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egegr
- eger
- eggerr
- eggre
- geger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Egger - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Egger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).