einschalten

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,705

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

einschalten is aGermanverb. It means: ein Gerät in Betrieb nehmen Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]. It ranks #9,705 in German word frequency. Often confused with einschätzen and einzuhalten.

Key facts for einschalten
PropertyValue
Headwordeinschalten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,705
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for einschalten is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,705 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for einschalten, with forms such as "eincshalten", "einnschalten", and "einscahlten". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "einschätzen", "einzuhalten", "einzuschalten", 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 einschalten, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gerät in Betrieb nehmen
  2. 2
    sich in eine Angelegenheit einmischen
  3. 3
    eine kurze Nachricht in einem Medium dazwischennehmen
  4. 4
    einen bestimmten Sender, ein Programm (im Radio, Fernsehen) empfangen

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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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for einschalten

Misspelling Variants of "einschalten"

eincshalten11einnschalten12einscahlten11einscchalten12einschaletn11einschallten12einschaltenn12einschaltne11
Misspelling Variants of "einschalten"

Frequency rank: #9,705 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "einschalten"?
"einschalten" is spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩].
What does "einschalten" mean?
As a verb, "einschalten" means: ein Gerät in Betrieb nehmen
What words are commonly confused with "einschalten"?
"einschalten" is commonly confused with "einschätzen", "einzuhalten", "einzuschalten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "einschalten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einschalten" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃaltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einschalten" come from?
"einschalten" 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.