Ehrengäste
[ˈeːʁənˌɡɛstə]
The verdict
“Ehrengäste” is uncommon German (frequency #51,263 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,263
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ehrengast
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrengaste · Ehrengäste · German
Ehrengäste · rank #51,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,263
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH Ehegatte
Nearest frequency peer: Ehegatte (-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 “Ehrengäste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ECM
ECM
48,741 corpus weight
- effektivsten
effektivsten
48,740 corpus weight
- Ehegatte
Ehegatte
48,739 corpus weight
- Ehrengäste
Ehrengäste
48,738 corpus weight
- eidesstattl…
eidesstattliche
48,737 corpus weight
- Eigennutz
Eigennutz
48,736 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ehrengäste” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrengäste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌɡɛstə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ehrengäste” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ehrengäste is uncommon German at frequency #51,263 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːʁənˌɡɛstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ehrengäste in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ehrengäste, spelled E-H-R-E-N-G-Ä-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ehrengast
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ehrengast
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ehrengast
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ehrengäste", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.