eigentlich
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩tlɪç]
The verdict
“eigentlich” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #242
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Prinzip
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigentlich · eigentlich · German
eigentlich · rank #242 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #242
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH davon
Nearest frequency peer: davon (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “eigentlich”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- allem
allem
99,762 corpus weight
- beiden
beiden
99,761 corpus weight
- davon
davon
99,760 corpus weight
- eigentlich
eigentlich
99,759 corpus weight
- fast
fast
99,758 corpus weight
- richtig
richtig
99,757 corpus weight
What this shows “eigentlich” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | eigentlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩tlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “eigentlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around eigentlich (IPA [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩tlɪç]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #242 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for eigentlich, with forms such as "egientlich", "eiegntlich", and "eigenltich". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "eigentliche", "eigentlichen", "eigentlicher", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is eigentlich, spelled E-I-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1im Prinzip
- 2in Wahrheit
- 3eine (nicht besonders dringende) Bitte um Antwort signalisierend
- 4im engeren Sinne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eigentlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist eigentlich beunruhigend, wie viele Autos es auf deutschen Straßen gibt, aber es kurbelt die Wirtschaft an.
„Eigentlich sind es sogar viel mehr Gipfel, dann der Seebuck und der Stübenwasen liegen direkt auf der Strecke, so dass sie letztlich zum Gipfelsammler werden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egientlich
- eiegntlich
- eigenltich
- eigenntlich
- eigentilch
- eigentlcih
- eigentlicch
- eigentlichh
- eigentlihc
- eigentllich
- eigenttlich
- eigetnlich
- eiggentlich
- eignetlich
- iegentlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eigentlich - 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 "eigentlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).