Eichinger

[ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ]

/[ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ]/ name

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The verdict

“Eichinger” is uncommon German (frequency #72,328 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,328
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Corpus desk

Index DE-eichinger · Eichinger · German

Eichinger · rank #72,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,328
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ehrbaren

Nearest frequency peer: ehrbaren (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Eichinger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eichinger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eichinger
PropertyValue
HeadwordEichinger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eichinger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Eichingerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ehrbaren“ (#72,327), „einbetten“ (#72,329), „ehrbare“ (#72,326). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eichinger“ bei #72,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eichinger is uncommon German at frequency #72,328 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Eichinger, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Eichinger, spelled E-I-C-H-I-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Eichinger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Beim Schreiben muss es knistern, findet die Autorin Katja Eichinger.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eichinger"?
"Eichinger" is spelled E-I-C-H-I-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ].
What does "Eichinger" mean?
As a proper noun, "Eichinger" means: deutscher Nachname, Familienname
How do you pronounce "Eichinger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eichinger" is [ˈaɪ̯çɪŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eichinger" come from?
"Eichinger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Eichinger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

einbetten#72,329einbildet#72,330einheizen#72,340drehbaren#72,309

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list