Eifel
[ˈaɪ̯fl̩]
The verdict
“Eifel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,853 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #11,853
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutsches, belgisches und luxemburgisches Mittelgebirge begrenzt im Osten durch den Rhein und im Süden durch die Mosel, Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges
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 | Eifel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯fl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eifel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eifel is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯fl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,853 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deutsches, belgisches und luxemburgisches Mittelgebirge begrenzt im Osten durch den Rhein und im Süden durch die Mosel, Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eifel, with forms such as "efiel", "eiefl", and "eifell". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eil", "eine", "Esel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eifel, spelled E-I-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1deutsches, belgisches und luxemburgisches Mittelgebirge begrenzt im Osten durch den Rhein und im Süden durch die Mosel, Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efiel,eiefl,eifell,eiffel,eifle,iefel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eifel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Eifel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-F-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯fl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “eil” - see the side-by-side comparison. Eifel vs eil
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.