eichen
[ˈaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“eichen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,129
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Eichenholz bestehend oder gemacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-eichen · eichen · German
eichen · rank #16,129 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,129
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ehrlichen
Nearest frequency peer: ehrlichen (-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 „eichen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Eden
Eden
83,875 corpus weight
- Editor
Editor
83,874 corpus weight
- ehrlichen
ehrlichen
83,873 corpus weight
- eichen
eichen
83,872 corpus weight
- empirische
empirische
83,871 corpus weight
- Entzündung
Entzündung
83,869 corpus weight
What this shows „eichen“ 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 | eichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „eichen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around eichen (IPA [ˈaɪ̯çn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,129 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aus Eichenholz bestehend oder gemacht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eichen, with forms such as "ecihen", "eicchen", and "eicehn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "einen", "Eisen", "eigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is eichen, spelled E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus Eichenholz bestehend oder gemacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im November 1771 bestellte der Wilhelmstein-Kommandant Major d’Etienne einen eichenen Kiel für den ‚Steinhuder Fisch‘, offensichtlich war der Bau nun befohlen worden.“
„Er hatte immer nur an Betten, einen Klubsessel aus Leder und einen eichenen Diplomaten gedacht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecihen
- eicchen
- eicehn
- eichenn
- eichhen
- eichne
- eihcen
- iechen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eichen - 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 "eichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).