Ehrengast
[ˈeːʁənˌɡast]
The verdict
“Ehrengast” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,490
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gast, der bei einem bestimmten Ereignis besonders geehrt wird/besondere Vergünstigungen genießt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrengast · Ehrengast · German
Ehrengast · rank #40,490 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,490
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Einfühlungsve…
Nearest frequency peer: Einfühlungsvermögen (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Ehrengast“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Durchlaucht
Durchlaucht
59,514 corpus weight
- durchleben
durchleben
59,513 corpus weight
- Ehrengast
Ehrengast
59,511 corpus weight
- Einfühlungs…
Einfühlungsvermögen
59,510 corpus weight
- eingegangen…
eingegangenen
59,509 corpus weight
- eingeschlos…
eingeschlossenen
59,508 corpus weight
What this shows „Ehrengast“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Ehrengast |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌɡast] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ehrengast“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Ehrengast (IPA [ˈeːʁənˌɡast]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,490 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gast, der bei einem bestimmten Ereignis besonders geehrt wird/besondere Vergünstigungen genießt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ehrengast, with forms such as "eherngast", "ehhrengast", and "ehregnast". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ehrenamt", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ehrengast, spelled E-H-R-E-N-G-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Gast, der bei einem bestimmten Ereignis besonders geehrt wird/besondere Vergünstigungen genießt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehrengast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir sind keine Eindringlinge, sondern Ehrengäste.“
„Da Blixa der Einzige ist, der einen Anzug trägt und das Im-Mittelpunkt-Stehen in den letzten Jahrzehnten ja schon ein bisschen geübt hat, wird er schließlich vom Wirt messerscharf als der Ehrengast erkannt und mit großer Geste begrüßt.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eherngast
- ehhrengast
- ehregnast
- ehrenagst
- ehrengasst
- ehrengastt
- ehrengats
- ehrenggast
- ehrengsat
- ehrenngast
- ehrnegast
- ehrrengast
- erhengast
- herengast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ehrengast - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ehrengast", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).