einschlief
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃliːf]
The verdict
“einschlief” is uncommon German (frequency #95,477 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,477
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs einschlafen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einschlief · einschlief · German
einschlief · rank #95,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,477
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH einrollen
Nearest frequency peer: einrollen (-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 “einschlief”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- einklinken
einklinken
4,527 corpus weight
- Einkommenst…
Einkommensteuererklärung
4,526 corpus weight
- einrollen
einrollen
4,525 corpus weight
- einschlief
einschlief
4,524 corpus weight
- eintaucht
eintaucht
4,523 corpus weight
- Einzelschic…
Einzelschicksale
4,521 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “einschlief” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einschlief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃliːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “einschlief” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
einschlief is uncommon German at frequency #95,477 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃliːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for einschlief, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is einschlief, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-L-I-E-F.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs einschlafen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs einschlafen
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 "einschlief", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.