ehelichen

/[ˈeːəlɪçn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,600

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ehelichen is aGermanverb. It means: mit einer Person ein kirchlich und/oder standesamtlich geschlossenes Ehebündnis eingehen Pronounced [ˈeːəlɪçn̩]. Often confused with ehrliche and etlichen.

Key facts for ehelichen
PropertyValue
Headwordehelichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈeːəlɪçn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,600
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ehelichen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːəlɪçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,600 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit einer Person ein kirchlich und/oder standesamtlich geschlossenes Ehebündnis eingehen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for ehelichen, with forms such as "eehlichen", "eheilchen", and "ehelcihen". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ehrliche", "etlichen", "ehrlichen", 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 ehelichen, spelled E-H-E-L-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einer Person ein kirchlich und/oder standesamtlich geschlossenes Ehebündnis eingehen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eehlichen,eheilchen,ehelcihen,ehelicchen,ehelicehn,ehelichenn,ehelichhen,ehelichne,ehelihcen,ehellichen,ehhelichen,ehleichen,heelichen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ehelichen

Misspelling Variants of "ehelichen"

eehlichen9eheilchen9ehelcihen9ehelicchen10ehelicehn9ehelichenn10ehelichhen10ehelichne9
Misspelling Variants of "ehelichen"

Frequency rank: #34,600 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ehelichen"?
"ehelichen" is spelled E-H-E-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːəlɪçn̩].
What does "ehelichen" mean?
As a verb, "ehelichen" means: mit einer Person ein kirchlich und/oder standesamtlich geschlossenes Ehebündnis eingehen
What words are commonly confused with "ehelichen"?
"ehelichen" is commonly confused with "ehrliche", "etlichen", "ehrlichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ehelichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ehelichen" is [ˈeːəlɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ehelichen" come from?
"ehelichen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.