EGV
The verdict
“EGV” is uncommon German (frequency #79,093 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,093
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung für EG-Vertrag, Europäische-Gemeinschafts-Vertrag
Corpus desk
Index DE-egv · EGV · German
EGV · rank #79,093 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,093
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH Ehrendoktorwü…
Nearest frequency peer: Ehrendoktorwürde (+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 “EGV”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dürftige
dürftige
20,913 corpus weight
- EGV
EGV
20,908 corpus weight
- Ehrendoktor…
Ehrendoktorwürde
20,907 corpus weight
- Eide
Eide
20,906 corpus weight
- einbaut
einbaut
20,905 corpus weight
- eingehandelt
eingehandelt
20,904 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “EGV” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | EGV |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #79,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “EGV” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
EGV is uncommon German at frequency #79,093 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for EGV, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is EGV, spelled E-G-V.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für EG-Vertrag, Europäische-Gemeinschafts-Vertrag
- 2Abkürzung für Einsatzgruppenversorger
- 3Abkürzung für Erzbischöfliches Generalvikariat
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 "EGV", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.