Ehefrau
[ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Ehefrau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,806
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verheiratete Partnerin in einer Ehe (in Beziehung zu ihrem Ehemann oder ihrer Ehefrau)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehefrau · Ehefrau · German
Ehefrau · rank #3,806 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #3,806
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Durchschnitt
Nearest frequency peer: Durchschnitt (-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 “Ehefrau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bibel
Bibel
96,198 corpus weight
- dumme
dumme
96,197 corpus weight
- Durchschnitt
Durchschnitt
96,196 corpus weight
- Ehefrau
Ehefrau
96,195 corpus weight
- eigentlichen
eigentlichen
96,194 corpus weight
- einander
einander
96,193 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ehefrau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Ehefrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Ehefrau” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ehefrau (IPA [ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,806 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "verheiratete Partnerin in einer Ehe (in Beziehung zu ihrem Ehemann oder ihrer Ehefrau)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ehefrau, with forms such as "eehfrau", "ehefaru", and "eheffrau". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ehefrauen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ehefrau, spelled E-H-E-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1verheiratete Partnerin in einer Ehe (in Beziehung zu ihrem Ehemann oder ihrer Ehefrau)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehefrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Ehefrau fragt sich immer, warum sie mich geheiratet hat.
„Sadie ist vor Trauer außer sich und macht einen Skandal, als sie die offizielle Ehefrau und eine weitere Geliebte, von der Clarence zwei Kinder hat, auftauchen sieht, ganz abgesehen von mehreren Mätressen, die alle behaupten, die einzigen zu sein, die ihn je geliebt haben.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eehfrau
- ehefaru
- eheffrau
- ehefrrau
- ehefrua
- eherfau
- ehferau
- ehhefrau
- heefrau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ehefrau - 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 "Ehefrau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Ehefrauen". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,806 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.