Ehrenbürger
[ˈeːʁənˌbʏʁɡɐ]
The verdict
“Ehrenbürger” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,601
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von einer Stadt, Gemeinde oder Hochschule verliehene Auszeichnung zur Würdigung besonderer Leistungen einer Person
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrenbürger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌbʏʁɡɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ehrenbürger” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Ehrenbürger (IPA [ˈeːʁənˌbʏʁɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,601 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ehrenbürger, with forms such as "ehernbürger", "ehhrenbürger", and "ehrebnürger". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ehrenbürger, spelled E-H-R-E-N-B-Ü-R-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1von einer Stadt, Gemeinde oder Hochschule verliehene Auszeichnung zur Würdigung besonderer Leistungen einer Person
- 2Person, der [1] zuteilwurde
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehernbürger
- ehhrenbürger
- ehrebnürger
- ehrenbbürger
- ehrenbrüger
- ehrenbügrer
- ehrenbüregr
- ehrenbürgerr
- ehrenbürgger
- ehrenbürgre
- ehrenbürrger
- ehrennbürger
- ehrenübrger
- ehrnebürger
- ehrrenbürger
- erhenbürger
- herenbürger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ehrenbürger - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Ehrenbürger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-H-R-E-N-B-Ü-R-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːʁənˌbʏʁɡɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.