egli

/[ˈeʎʎi]/ pron

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,875

in German word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

egli is aGermanpron. It means: er Pronounced [ˈeʎʎi]. Often confused with Ei and elf.

Key facts for egli
PropertyValue
Headwordegli
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPron
IPA[ˈeʎʎi]
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,875
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for egli is 4 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeʎʎi]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,875 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "er".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for egli, with forms such as "eggli", "eglli", and "elgi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ei", "elf", "ego", 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 egli, spelled E-G-L-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    er

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eggli,eglli,elgi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for egli

Misspelling Variants of "egli"

eggli5eglli5elgi4
Misspelling Variants of "egli"

Frequency rank: #45,875 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egli"?
"egli" is spelled E-G-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeʎʎi].
What does "egli" mean?
As a pron, "egli" means: er
What words are commonly confused with "egli"?
"egli" is commonly confused with "Ei", "elf", "ego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "egli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egli" is [ˈeʎʎi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "egli" come from?
"egli" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our German index:

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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.