Eindhoven

/[…]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,904

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Eindhoven is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant Pronounced […]. Often confused with einholen and of.

Key facts for Eindhoven
PropertyValue
HeadwordEindhoven
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,904
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Eindhoven is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,904 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Eindhoven, with forms such as "eidnhoven", "einddhoven", and "eindhhoven". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "einholen", "of", "ii", 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 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 Eindhoven, spelled E-I-N-D-H-O-V-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eidnhoven,einddhoven,eindhhoven,eindhoevn,eindhovenn,eindhovne,eindhovven,eindhvoen,eindohven,einhdoven,einndhoven,enidhoven,iendhoven

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Eindhoven

Misspelling Variants of "Eindhoven"

eidnhoven9einddhoven10eindhhoven10eindhoevn9eindhovenn10eindhovne9eindhovven10eindhvoen9
Misspelling Variants of "Eindhoven"

Frequency rank: #39,904 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eindhoven"?
"Eindhoven" is spelled E-I-N-D-H-O-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Eindhoven" mean?
As a name, "Eindhoven" means: Stadt in der niederländischen Provinz Nordbrabant
What words are commonly confused with "Eindhoven"?
"Eindhoven" is commonly confused with "einholen", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Eindhoven"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eindhoven" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eindhoven" come from?
"Eindhoven" 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.