Einwurf
[ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf]
The verdict
“Einwurf” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,842
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - regelkonformer Wurf eines Fußballs, Handballs, Basketballs oder Pucks beim Eishockey in das unterbrochene Spiel
Corpus desk
Index DE-einwurf · Einwurf · German
Einwurf · rank #26,842 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,842
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Einweisung
Nearest frequency peer: Einweisung (-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 „Einwurf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- einhergehen
einhergehen
73,162 corpus weight
- Einweisung
Einweisung
73,160 corpus weight
- Einwurf
Einwurf
73,159 corpus weight
- einzubauen
einzubauen
73,158 corpus weight
- Emigration
Emigration
73,157 corpus weight
- Entfremdung
Entfremdung
73,156 corpus weight
What this shows „Einwurf“ 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 | Einwurf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Einwurf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Einwurf (IPA [ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,842 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Einwurf, with forms such as "einnwurf", "einuwrf", and "einwruf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Entwurf", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Einwurf, spelled E-I-N-W-U-R-F.
Definition
- 1regelkonformer Wurf eines Fußballs, Handballs, Basketballs oder Pucks beim Eishockey in das unterbrochene Spiel
- 2Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes in eine dafür vorgesehene Öffnung
- 3Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 4Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 5Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 6(spontane) Zwischenbemerkung bei einer Diskussion
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Einwurf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Torjäger war in der 40. Minute nach einem Einwurf und Scharner-Verlängerung zur Stelle, er donnerte den Ball unhaltbar ins kurze Kreuzeck zur 2:0-Führung.
[…] Dazu gehören spiegelndes Glas an den Fassaden, kostenpflichtige Toiletten mit Schiebetüren, die erst beim Einwurf einer Münze zur Seite gleiten und Geschäfte, deren Sortiment unter Reiseproviant fällt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- einnwurf
- einuwrf
- einwruf
- einwufr
- einwurff
- einwurrf
- einwwurf
- eiwnurf
- eniwurf
- ienwurf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Einwurf - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).