eignen
[ˈaɪ̯ɡnən]
The verdict
“eignen” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,034
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten besitzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-eignen · eignen · German
eignen · rank #7,034 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,034
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dörfer
Nearest frequency peer: Dörfer (-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 „eignen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- doku
doku
92,970 corpus weight
- dummen
dummen
92,969 corpus weight
- Dörfer
Dörfer
92,968 corpus weight
- eignen
eignen
92,967 corpus weight
- eingeleitet
eingeleitet
92,966 corpus weight
- Einkauf
Einkauf
92,965 corpus weight
What this shows „eignen“ 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 | eignen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „eignen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around eignen (IPA [ˈaɪ̯ɡnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,034 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eignen, with forms such as "eginen", "eigenn", and "eiggnen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eine", "einen", "einer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is eignen, spelled E-I-G-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten besitzen
- 2einer Person, einer Sache als Merkmal zugehören
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eignen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich eigne mich, aufgrund meiner schwach ausgeprägten Muskeln, nicht als Bauarbeiter.
„Kokosfett eignet sich als hocherhitzbares Öl zum Kochen, Braten und Backen,...“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eginen
- eigenn
- eiggnen
- eignenn
- eignne
- eignnen
- eingen
- iegnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eignen - 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 "eignen", 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).