eiförmig
[ˈaɪ̯ˌfœʁmɪç]
The verdict
“eiförmig” is uncommon German (frequency #59,588 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,588
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der Form eines Eis; die Form eines Eies aufweisend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eiförmig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ˌfœʁmɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eiförmig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
eiförmig is uncommon German at frequency #59,588 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ˌfœʁmɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Form eines Eis; die Form eines Eies aufweisend".
Zero misspellings are on record for eiförmig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is eiförmig, spelled E-I-F-Ö-R-M-I-G.
Definition
- 1in der Form eines Eis; die Form eines Eies aufweisend
This word in other languages
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 “eiförmig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-F-Ö-R-M-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯ˌfœʁmɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.