eindringen
[ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“eindringen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,035 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #11,035
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in etwas eintreten, hineingelangen
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 | eindringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eindringen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for eindringen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁɪŋən]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,035 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for eindringen, with forms such as "eidnringen", "einddringen", and "eindirngen". 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, "eindringt", "einspringen", "einzudringen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is eindringen, spelled E-I-N-D-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1in etwas eintreten, hineingelangen
- 2einbrechen oder (manchmal gewaltsam) einfallen
- 3jemanden bedrängen, ihn mit Worten/Drohungen oder Taten/Gewalt zwingen wollen
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eidnringen,einddringen,eindirngen,eindrignen,eindrinegn,eindringenn,eindringgen,eindringne,eindrinngen,eindrnigen,eindrringen,einndringen,einrdingen,enidringen,iendringen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eindringen - 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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Using “eindringen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-D-R-I-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁɪŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “eindringt” - see the side-by-side comparison. eindringen vs eindringt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.