Eidechse

[ˈaɪ̯dɛksə]

/[ˈaɪ̯dɛksə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Eidechse” is uncommon German (frequency #54,464 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,464
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Familie der Lacertidae zugehörige Echse

Corpus desk

Index DE-eidechse · Eidechse · German

Eidechse · rank #54,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,464
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eigeninteresse

Nearest frequency peer: Eigeninteresse (+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 „Eidechse“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eidechse
PropertyValue
HeadwordEidechse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯dɛksə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Eidechse“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Eidechsefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eigeninteresse“ (#54,465), „eggs“ (#54,462), „editions“ (#54,461). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Eidechse“ bei #54,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eidechse is uncommon German at frequency #54,464 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯dɛksə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Familie der Lacertidae zugehörige Echse".

Eidechse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Eidechse, spelled E-I-D-E-C-H-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur Familie der Lacertidae zugehörige Echse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eidechsen lieben die Wärme.
  2. „Hier gab ich der Eidechse ihre Freiheit wieder.“

This word in other languages

lizard(English)lagartija(Español)lézard(Français)lagarto(Português)

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 "Eidechse"?
"Eidechse" is spelled E-I-D-E-C-H-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯dɛksə].
What does "Eidechse" mean?
As a noun, "Eidechse" means: zur Familie der Lacertidae zugehörige Echse
How do you pronounce "Eidechse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eidechse" is [ˈaɪ̯dɛksə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eidechse" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

editions#54,461dezenten#54,443Couscous#54,432erbittet#54,496

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list