Ehingen
[ˈeːɪŋən]
The verdict
“Ehingen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #36,897 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #36,897
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
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 | Ehingen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɪŋən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ehingen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ehingen is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːɪŋən]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,897 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ehingen, with forms such as "ehhingen", "ehignen", and "ehinegn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "einen", "Engen", "eigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ehingen, spelled E-H-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- 2eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Donau-Ries, Bayern, Deutschland
- 3eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern, Deutschland
- 4eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Augsburg, Bayern, Deutschland
- 5Ortsteil von Mühlhausen-Ehingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- 6Ortsteil von Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- 7Stadtviertel von Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehhingen,ehignen,ehinegn,ehingenn,ehinggen,ehingne,ehinngen,ehnigen,eihngen,heingen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ehingen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Ehingen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-H-I-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːɪŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “einen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ehingen vs einen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.