eifrig
[ˈaɪ̯fʁɪç]
The verdict
“eifrig” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,070
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großen persönlichen Einsatz bei der Arbeit an einer Sache aufweisend
Corpus desk
Index DE-eifrig · eifrig · German
eifrig · rank #15,070 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,070
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Düren
Nearest frequency peer: Düren (-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 „eifrig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Duden
Duden
84,934 corpus weight
- durchhalten
durchhalten
84,933 corpus weight
- Düren
Düren
84,932 corpus weight
- eifrig
eifrig
84,931 corpus weight
- Eignung
Eignung
84,930 corpus weight
- Enten
Enten
84,929 corpus weight
What this shows „eifrig“ 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 | eifrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯fʁɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „eifrig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around eifrig (IPA [ˈaɪ̯fʁɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,070 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "großen persönlichen Einsatz bei der Arbeit an einer Sache aufweisend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eifrig, with forms such as "efirig", "eiffrig", and "eifirg". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "einig", "eilig", "einzig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 eifrig, spelled E-I-F-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1großen persönlichen Einsatz bei der Arbeit an einer Sache aufweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eifrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war schon immer ein eifriger Schüler mit guten Erfolgen.
„Während die Munitionsfabriken längst eifrig produzieren und auch ein Mangel an Nahrung vorerst nicht zu befürchten steht, schenkt man im Kriegsministerium den essenziellen ökonomischen Fragen keinerlei Beachtung.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efirig
- eiffrig
- eifirg
- eifrgi
- eifrigg
- eifrrig
- eirfig
- iefrig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eifrig - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eifrig", 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).