einschalten
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]
The verdict
“einschalten” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,705
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gerät in Betrieb nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einschalten · einschalten · German
einschalten · rank #9,705 · 17 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,705
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eindeutige
Nearest frequency peer: eindeutige (-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 „einschalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dschungel
Dschungel
90,300 corpus weight
- Eberhard
Eberhard
90,299 corpus weight
- eindeutige
eindeutige
90,297 corpus weight
- einschalten
einschalten
90,296 corpus weight
- entfällt
entfällt
90,294 corpus weight
- entnommen
entnommen
90,293 corpus weight
What this shows „einschalten“ 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 | einschalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #9,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „einschalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around einschalten (IPA [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,705 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for einschalten, with forms such as "eincshalten", "einnschalten", and "einscahlten". 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, "einschätzen", "einzuhalten", "einzuschalten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is einschalten, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Gerät in Betrieb nehmen
- 2sich in eine Angelegenheit einmischen
- 3eine kurze Nachricht in einem Medium dazwischennehmen
- 4einen bestimmten Sender, ein Programm (im Radio, Fernsehen) empfangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einschalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man brauchte nur eine Zigarette zu rauchen, um die Warnanlage einzuschalten.
Nach dem Zwischenfall musste sich doch die Polizei einschalten.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eincshalten
- einnschalten
- einscahlten
- einscchalten
- einschaletn
- einschallten
- einschaltenn
- einschaltne
- einschaltten
- einschatlen
- einschhalten
- einschlaten
- einshcalten
- einsschalten
- eisnchalten
- enischalten
- ienschalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of einschalten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "einschalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).