einspurig
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃpuːʁɪç]
The verdict
“einspurig” is uncommon German (frequency #83,901 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,901
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehrere Fahrspuren/Gleise bietend
Corpus desk
Index DE-einspurig · einspurig · German
einspurig · rank #83,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,901
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einsehbaren
Nearest frequency peer: einsehbaren (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „einspurig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einrichtete
einrichtete
16,103 corpus weight
- einschlafe
einschlafe
16,102 corpus weight
- einsehbaren
einsehbaren
16,101 corpus weight
- einspurig
einspurig
16,100 corpus weight
- einzufrieren
einzufrieren
16,099 corpus weight
- Eisenmangel
Eisenmangel
16,098 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „einspurig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einspurig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃpuːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einspurig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einspurig is uncommon German at frequency #83,901 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃpuːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for einspurig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 einspurig, spelled E-I-N-S-P-U-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht mehrere Fahrspuren/Gleise bietend
- 2eine einzige Spur hinterlassend, auf hintereinander angeordneten Rädern rollend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einspurig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Besonderheit Schottlands sind vor allem im Norden die Single track roads, einspurige Straßen mit regelmäßigen Ausweichstellen.“
„Zwei nebeneinander liegende einspurige Tunnelröhren, welche nur in einer Richtung befahren werden, belüften sich besser als ein doppelspuriger, in beiden Richtungen befahrener Tunnel.“
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).