Eigenart
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʔaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Eigenart” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,257
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine einzelne, spezifische Besonderheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigenart · Eigenart · German
Eigenart · rank #27,257 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,257
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eidgenössisch…
Nearest frequency peer: eidgenössischen (-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 „Eigenart“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ehrenmann
Ehrenmann
72,747 corpus weight
- Eichstätt
Eichstätt
72,746 corpus weight
- eidgenössis…
eidgenössischen
72,745 corpus weight
- Eigenart
Eigenart
72,744 corpus weight
- eilte
eilte
72,743 corpus weight
- einbringt
einbringt
72,741 corpus weight
What this shows „Eigenart“ 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 | Eigenart |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʔaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Eigenart“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Eigenart (IPA [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌʔaːɐ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,257 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eigenart, with forms such as "egienart", "eiegnart", and "eigeanrt". 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, "eigener", "eigenartig", "Eigenarten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eigenart, spelled E-I-G-E-N-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1eine einzelne, spezifische Besonderheit
- 2summierte Besonderheiten, die ein Charakteristikum ausmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eigenart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Eigenart der deutschen Sprache ist die anschauliche Wortprägung.
„Es gibt in Polen diese wunderbare Eigenart, fremde Menschen nicht mit ihrem Nachnamen anzusprechen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egienart
- eiegnart
- eigeanrt
- eigenarrt
- eigenartt
- eigenatr
- eigennart
- eigenrat
- eiggenart
- eigneart
- iegenart
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eigenart - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Eigenart", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).