Eilers
[ˈaɪ̯lɐs]
The verdict
“Eilers” is uncommon German (frequency #58,701 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,701
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eilers |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯lɐs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eilers” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Eilers is uncommon German at frequency #58,701 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯lɐs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eilers in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Eilers, spelled E-I-L-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
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 “Eilers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-L-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯lɐs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.