ekelhaft
[ˈeːkl̩haft]
The verdict
“ekelhaft” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,071
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ekel hervorrufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ekelhaft · ekelhaft · German
ekelhaft · rank #10,071 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,071
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eingetroffen
Nearest frequency peer: eingetroffen (-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 „ekelhaft“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Durchgang
Durchgang
89,933 corpus weight
- eingetreten
eingetreten
89,932 corpus weight
- eingetroffen
eingetroffen
89,931 corpus weight
- ekelhaft
ekelhaft
89,930 corpus weight
- Erfassung
Erfassung
89,929 corpus weight
- erfolgten
erfolgten
89,928 corpus weight
What this shows „ekelhaft“ 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 | ekelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːkl̩haft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ekelhaft“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ekelhaft (IPA [ˈeːkl̩haft]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,071 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ekel hervorrufend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ekelhaft, with forms such as "eeklhaft", "ekehlaft", and "ekelahft". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ekelhafte", "ekelhaften", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ekelhaft, spelled E-K-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Ekel hervorrufend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ekelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Schamlosigkeit ist ja ekelhaft.
„Der Ökonom Colin Camerer sagte dem ‚New York Magazine‘, dass Handlungen, die in guten Zeiten glamourös sind, in schlechten ekelhaft werden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eeklhaft
- ekehlaft
- ekelahft
- ekelhafft
- ekelhaftt
- ekelhatf
- ekelhfat
- ekelhhaft
- ekellhaft
- ekkelhaft
- eklehaft
- keelhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ekelhaft - 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 "ekelhaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).