einander

/[aɪ̯ˈnandɐ]/ pron

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,808

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

einander is aGermanpron. It means: eine oder einer der oder dem anderen, eine oder einer die oder den anderen, sich oder uns oder euch wechselseitig/gegenseitig Pronounced [aɪ̯ˈnandɐ]. It ranks #3,808 in German word frequency. Often confused with Einwände.

Key facts for einander
PropertyValue
Headwordeinander
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPron
IPA[aɪ̯ˈnandɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,808
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of einander in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for einander is 8 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɪ̯ˈnandɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,808 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine oder einer der oder dem anderen, eine oder einer die oder den anderen, sich oder uns oder euch wechselseitig/gegenseitig".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for einander, with forms such as "eiannder", "einadner", and "einandder". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Einwände", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is einander, spelled E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine oder einer der oder dem anderen, eine oder einer die oder den anderen, sich oder uns oder euch wechselseitig/gegenseitig

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eiannder,einadner,einandder,einanderr,einandre,einanedr,einannder,einnader,einnander,eniander,ienander

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for einander

Misspelling Variants of "einander"

eiannder8einadner8einandder9einanderr9einandre8einanedr8einannder9einnader8
Misspelling Variants of "einander"

Frequency rank: #3,808 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einander"?
"einander" is spelled E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aɪ̯ˈnandɐ].
What does "einander" mean?
As a pron, "einander" means: eine oder einer der oder dem anderen, eine oder einer die oder den anderen, sich oder uns oder euch wechselseitig/gegenseitig
What words are commonly confused with "einander"?
"einander" is commonly confused with "Einwände". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "einander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einander" is [aɪ̯ˈnandɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einander" come from?
"einander" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.