Einleitung

/[ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,288

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Einleitung is aGermannoun. It means: am Beginn befindlicher, in der Regel eigenständiger Teil eines Schriftstückes oder Werkes Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ]. It ranks #6,288 in German word frequency. Often confused with Einteilung and Einweihung.

Key facts for Einleitung
PropertyValue
HeadwordEinleitung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,288
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Einleitung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Einleitung is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,288 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for Einleitung, with forms such as "eilneitung", "einelitung", and "einleitnug". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Einteilung", "Einweihung", "Einweisung", 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 Einleitung, spelled E-I-N-L-E-I-T-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    am Beginn befindlicher, in der Regel eigenständiger Teil eines Schriftstückes oder Werkes
  2. 2
    Herbeiführung oder Inangriffnahme von etwas
  3. 3
    Leitung eines Stoffes oder Energie in etwas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eilneitung,einelitung,einleitnug,einleittung,einleitugn,einleitungg,einleitunng,einleiutng,einletiung,einlietung,einlleitung,einnleitung,enileitung,ienleitung,ienlietung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Einleitung

Misspelling Variants of "Einleitung"

eilneitung10einelitung10einleitnug10einleittung11einleitugn10einleitungg11einleitunng11einleiutng10
Misspelling Variants of "Einleitung"

Frequency rank: #6,288 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Einleitung"?
"Einleitung" is spelled E-I-N-L-E-I-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ].
What does "Einleitung" mean?
As a noun, "Einleitung" means: am Beginn befindlicher, in der Regel eigenständiger Teil eines Schriftstückes oder Werkes
What words are commonly confused with "Einleitung"?
"Einleitung" is commonly confused with "Einteilung", "Einweihung", "Einweisung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Einleitung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Einleitung" is [ˈaɪ̯nlaɪ̯tʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Einleitung" come from?
"Einleitung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.