Eigenheim
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯m]
The verdict
“Eigenheim” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,225
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein eigenes und meist auch selbst genutztes Haus
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigenheim · Eigenheim · German
Eigenheim · rank #20,225 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,225
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH effektiven
Nearest frequency peer: effektiven (-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 „Eigenheim“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- eco
eco
79,779 corpus weight
- Effekten
Effekten
79,778 corpus weight
- effektiven
effektiven
79,777 corpus weight
- Eigenheim
Eigenheim
79,776 corpus weight
- eindringlich
eindringlich
79,775 corpus weight
- Einsparungen
Einsparungen
79,774 corpus weight
What this shows „Eigenheim“ 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 | Eigenheim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯m] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Eigenheim“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Eigenheim (IPA [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌhaɪ̯m]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,225 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein eigenes und meist auch selbst genutztes Haus".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eigenheim, with forms such as "egienheim", "eiegnheim", and "eigehneim". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "eigenem", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Eigenheim, spelled E-I-G-E-N-H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1ein eigenes und meist auch selbst genutztes Haus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eigenheim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen der Kinder haben sie sich ein Eigenheim gekauft.
„Über Jahrzehnte wurde jeder Taler umgedreht, damit der Traum von Eigenheim verwirklicht werden konnte.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egienheim
- eiegnheim
- eigehneim
- eigenehim
- eigenheimm
- eigenhemi
- eigenhheim
- eigenhiem
- eigennheim
- eiggenheim
- eigneheim
- iegenheim
- iegenhiem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eigenheim - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Eigenheim", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).