Eingriff
[ˈaɪ̯nɡʁɪf]
The verdict
“Eingriff” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,651
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medizinische Arbeit am Körper eines Menschen oder Tieres
Corpus desk
Index DE-eingriff · Eingriff · German
Eingriff · rank #6,651 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,651
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgesetzt
Nearest frequency peer: durchgesetzt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Eingriff“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- dieselben
dieselben
93,353 corpus weight
- Durcheinand…
Durcheinander
93,352 corpus weight
- durchgesetzt
durchgesetzt
93,351 corpus weight
- Eingriff
Eingriff
93,350 corpus weight
- Einwohnern
Einwohnern
93,349 corpus weight
- Eisenbahn
Eisenbahn
93,348 corpus weight
What this shows „Eingriff“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Eingriff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nɡʁɪf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Eingriff“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Eingriff (IPA [ˈaɪ̯nɡʁɪf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,651 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eingriff, with forms such as "eignriff", "einggriff", and "eingirff". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ergriff", "Eingriffe", "eintrifft", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Eingriff, spelled E-I-N-G-R-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1medizinische Arbeit am Körper eines Menschen oder Tieres
- 2eine beliebige Aktion, das Eingreifen zur Unterbrechung oder zur Lenkung eines Ablaufs oder Geschehens
- 3das zielgerichtete und gewollte Handeln der öffentlichen Gewalt im Schutzbereich eines Grundrechts
- 4Hosenschlitz der Herrenunterhose
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eingriff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Medizinische Eingriffe enthalten immer ein gewisses Risiko.
[Schwangerschaftsabbrüche:] 2003 verzeichnete das Statistische Bundesamt noch etwa 2.050 […] Praxen und Kliniken, die den Eingriff durchführen. Ende 2020 waren es nur noch 1109.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eignriff
- einggriff
- eingirff
- eingrfif
- eingrif
- eingrriff
- einngriff
- einrgiff
- enigriff
- iengriff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eingriff - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Eingriff", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).