einklinken
[ˈaɪ̯nˌklɪŋkn̩]
The verdict
“einklinken” is uncommon German (frequency #95,474 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,474
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas in etwas einhaken, zwei Teile verbinden; eine Tür hörbar schließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einklinken · einklinken · German
einklinken · rank #95,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,474
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH Einkommensteu…
Nearest frequency peer: Einkommensteuererklärung (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “einklinken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Einbürgerun…
Einbürgerungen
4,530 corpus weight
- eingefügte
eingefügte
4,529 corpus weight
- einklinken
einklinken
4,527 corpus weight
- Einkommenst…
Einkommensteuererklärung
4,526 corpus weight
- einrollen
einrollen
4,525 corpus weight
- einschlief
einschlief
4,524 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “einklinken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einklinken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌklɪŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “einklinken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
einklinken is uncommon German at frequency #95,474 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌklɪŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for einklinken, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is einklinken, spelled E-I-N-K-L-I-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in etwas einhaken, zwei Teile verbinden; eine Tür hörbar schließen
- 2als Tür selbst ins Schloss fallen, sich schließen
- 3zu einem laufenden Gespräch, einer angefangenen Arbeit dazustoßen
Antonyms
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.