Einkommen
[ˈaɪ̯nˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“Einkommen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,515 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,515
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Geld, das jemand in einem bestimmten Zeitraum bekommt, meist als Lohn, Gehalt oder als Gewinn aus Geschäften; Einkünfte
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 | Einkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Einkommen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Einkommen is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌkɔmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,515 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Geld, das jemand in einem bestimmten Zeitraum bekommt, meist als Lohn, Gehalt oder als Gewinn aus Geschäften; Einkünfte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Einkommen, with forms such as "eiknommen", "einkkommen", and "einkmomen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "entkommen", "Einkommens", "eindämmen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Einkommen, spelled E-I-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Geld, das jemand in einem bestimmten Zeitraum bekommt, meist als Lohn, Gehalt oder als Gewinn aus Geschäften; Einkünfte
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eiknommen,einkkommen,einkmomen,einkomemn,einkomen,einkommenn,einkommne,einnkommen,einokmmen,enikommen,ienkommen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Einkommen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Einkommen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-K-O-M-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nˌkɔmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entkommen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Einkommen vs entkommen
- 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.