Eisen
[ˈaɪ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“Eisen” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,582
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element, silberweißes, bei Feuchtigkeit leicht oxidierendes Metall
Corpus desk
Index DE-eisen · Eisen · German
Eisen · rank #5,582 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,582
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Einzug
Nearest frequency peer: Einzug (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Eisen”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Donau
Donau
94,423 corpus weight
- Einzelner
Einzelner
94,421 corpus weight
- Einzug
Einzug
94,420 corpus weight
- Eisen
Eisen
94,419 corpus weight
- Energien
Energien
94,418 corpus weight
- Erlaubnis
Erlaubnis
94,416 corpus weight
What this shows “Eisen” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | Eisen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Eisen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Eisen (IPA [ˈaɪ̯zn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,582 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eisen, with forms such as "eiesn", "eisenn", and "eisne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "esse", "Esel", "even", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Eisen, spelled E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element, silberweißes, bei Feuchtigkeit leicht oxidierendes Metall
- 2Gegenstand aus Eisen oder aus Eisenverbindungen
- 3Bezeichnung bestimmter Golfschläger
- 4Hufeisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eisen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eisen ist der am häufigsten genutzte metallische Werkstoff und ein lebenswichtiges Spurenelement.
„Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eiesn
- eisenn
- eisne
- eissen
- iesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eisen - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Eisen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).