ekelhaft
[ˈeːkl̩haft]
The verdict
“ekelhaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,071 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,071
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ekel hervorrufend
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) |
Where “ekelhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ekelhaft is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːkl̩haft]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,071 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “ekelhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-K-E-L-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːkl̩haft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ekelhafte” - see the side-by-side comparison. ekelhaft vs ekelhafte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.