Egoisten
[eɡoˈɪstn̩]
The verdict
“Egoisten” is uncommon German (frequency #56,921 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,921
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Egoist
Corpus desk
Index DE-egoisten · Egoisten · German
Egoisten · rank #56,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,921
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH effizientes
Nearest frequency peer: effizientes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Egoisten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ebenerdig
ebenerdig
43,083 corpus weight
- effizientes
effizientes
43,081 corpus weight
- Egoisten
Egoisten
43,080 corpus weight
- ehrenhaft
ehrenhaft
43,079 corpus weight
- eigenartigen
eigenartigen
43,078 corpus weight
- Eigengewicht
Eigengewicht
43,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Egoisten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Egoisten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɡoˈɪstn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Egoisten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Egoisten is uncommon German at frequency #56,921 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eɡoˈɪstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Egoisten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Egoisten, spelled E-G-O-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Egoist
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Egoist
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Egoist
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Egoist
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Egoist
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Egoist
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Egoist
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 "Egoisten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.