Ehrentitel
[ˈeːʁənˌtiːtl̩]
The verdict
“Ehrentitel” is uncommon German (frequency #57,789 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,789
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Titel, der jemandem für seine Verdienste ehrenhalber, das heißt nicht aufgrund entsprechender Prüfungen, verliehen wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrentitel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌtiːtl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ehrentitel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ehrentitel is uncommon German at frequency #57,789 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːʁənˌtiːtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titel, der jemandem für seine Verdienste ehrenhalber, das heißt nicht aufgrund entsprechender Prüfungen, verliehen wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ehrentitel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ehrentitel, spelled E-H-R-E-N-T-I-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Titel, der jemandem für seine Verdienste ehrenhalber, das heißt nicht aufgrund entsprechender Prüfungen, verliehen wird
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 “Ehrentitel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-H-R-E-N-T-I-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.