einführen
The verdict
“einführen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,701 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,701
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: eine Ware über eine Grenze in ein Land/Gebiet bringen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “einführen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for einführen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌfyːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,701 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for einführen, with forms such as "eifnühren", "einfführen", and "einfhüren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "erfuhren", "einführt", "entführen", 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 einführen, spelled E-I-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1eine Ware über eine Grenze in ein Land/Gebiet bringen
- 2etwas Neues zur Anwendung bringen; etwas Gültigkeit erlangen lassen; etwas bekannt machen, zur Benutzung bringen
- 3eine Einführung geben
- 4etwas in einen Raum, eine Lücke, eine Öffnung einbringen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eifnühren,einfführen,einfhüren,einfühern,einfühhren,einführenn,einführne,einführren,einfürhen,einnführen,einüfhren,eniführen,ienführen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of einführen — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "einführen"
Frequency rank: #8,701 in German
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Using “einführen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nˌfyːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erfuhren” — see the side-by-side comparison. einführen vs erfuhren
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter E in our German index: