Einwohner

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,587

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Einwohner is aGermannoun. It means: eine Person, die fest eine bestimmte, abgegrenzte Verwaltungseinheit bewohnt, ein zählbares Element von Bevölkerung Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ]. It ranks #2,587 in German word frequency. Often confused with Einwohnern and Einhörner.

Key facts for Einwohner
PropertyValue
HeadwordEinwohner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,587
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Einwohner is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,587 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Person, die fest eine bestimmte, abgegrenzte Verwaltungseinheit bewohnt, ein zählbares Element von Bevölkerung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Einwohner, with forms such as "einnwohner", "einowhner", and "einwhoner". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Einwohnern", "Einhörner", 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 Einwohner, spelled E-I-N-W-O-H-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Person, die fest eine bestimmte, abgegrenzte Verwaltungseinheit bewohnt, ein zählbares Element von Bevölkerung

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: einnwohner,einowhner,einwhoner,einwohenr,einwohhner,einwohnerr,einwohnner,einwohnre,einwonher,einwwohner,eiwnohner,eniwohner,ienwohner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Einwohner

Misspelling Variants of "Einwohner"

einnwohner10einowhner9einwhoner9einwohenr9einwohhner10einwohnerr10einwohnner10einwohnre9
Misspelling Variants of "Einwohner"

Frequency rank: #2,587 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Einwohner"?
"Einwohner" is spelled E-I-N-W-O-H-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ].
What does "Einwohner" mean?
As a noun, "Einwohner" means: eine Person, die fest eine bestimmte, abgegrenzte Verwaltungseinheit bewohnt, ein zählbares Element von Bevölkerung
What words are commonly confused with "Einwohner"?
"Einwohner" is commonly confused with "Einwohnern", "Einhörner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Einwohner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Einwohner" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌvoːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Einwohner" come from?
"Einwohner" 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.