Eigenschaft
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft]
The verdict
“Eigenschaft” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,914 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,914
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Merkmal einer Sache, eines Wesens; das, was für jemanden oder etwas typisch oder kennzeichnend ist
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 | Eigenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eigenschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eigenschaft is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,914 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Merkmal einer Sache, eines Wesens; das, was für jemanden oder etwas typisch oder kennzeichnend ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eigenschaft, with forms such as "egienschaft", "eiegnschaft", and "eigencshaft". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Eigenschaften", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Eigenschaft, spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Merkmal einer Sache, eines Wesens; das, was für jemanden oder etwas typisch oder kennzeichnend ist
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egienschaft,eiegnschaft,eigencshaft,eigennschaft,eigenscahft,eigenscchaft,eigenschafft,eigenschaftt,eigenschatf,eigenschfat,eigenschhaft,eigenshcaft,eigensschaft,eigesnchaft,eiggenschaft,eigneschaft,iegenschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eigenschaft - 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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Using “Eigenschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Eigenschaften” - see the side-by-side comparison. Eigenschaft vs Eigenschaften
- 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.