einschränken
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʁɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“einschränken” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,549
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schranken setzen, Grenzen setzen, eingrenzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einschranken · einschränken · German
einschränken · rank #14,549 · 19 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,549
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einschlagen
Nearest frequency peer: einschlagen (-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 „einschränken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- edit
edit
85,455 corpus weight
- eingeholt
eingeholt
85,454 corpus weight
- einschlagen
einschlagen
85,453 corpus weight
- einschränken
einschränken
85,452 corpus weight
- Eisenach
Eisenach
85,451 corpus weight
- empathie
empathie
85,450 corpus weight
What this shows „einschränken“ 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 | einschränken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʁɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #14,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „einschränken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around einschränken (IPA [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʁɛŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,549 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for einschränken, with forms such as "eincshränken", "einnschränken", and "einscchränken". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "einschränkt", "Einschränkung", "einzuschränken", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is einschränken, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-R-Ä-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Schranken setzen, Grenzen setzen, eingrenzen
- 2sich Schranken setzen, sich bescheiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einschränken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch die Behinderung war sein Tätigkeitsfeld stark eingeschränkt.
[COVID-19-Pandemie:] „Obwohl das öffentliche Leben seit Wochen - und noch für viele weitere - eingeschränkt ist, sind auch die Deutschen mit dem Krisenmanagement ihrer Regierung zufrieden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eincshränken
- einnschränken
- einscchränken
- einschhränken
- einschrnäken
- einschrränken
- einschräknen
- einschränekn
- einschränkenn
- einschränkken
- einschränkne
- einschrännken
- einschärnken
- einscrhänken
- einshcränken
- einsschränken
- eisnchränken
- enischränken
- ienschränken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of einschränken - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "einschränken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).