Ekeln
[ˈeːkl̩n]
The verdict
“Ekeln” is uncommon German (frequency #74,518 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,518
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs (das) Ekel
Corpus desk
Index DE-ekeln · Ekeln · German
Ekeln · rank #74,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,518
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einzutauschen
Nearest frequency peer: einzutauschen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ekeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Einsturzgef…
Einsturzgefahr
25,486 corpus weight
- einzuschrei…
einzuschreiten
25,485 corpus weight
- einzutausch…
einzutauschen
25,484 corpus weight
- Ekeln
Ekeln
25,483 corpus weight
- Elektrosmog
Elektrosmog
25,482 corpus weight
- emanzipieren
emanzipieren
25,480 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ekeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ekeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːkl̩n] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ekeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ekeln is uncommon German at frequency #74,518 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːkl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs (das) Ekel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ekeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ekeln, spelled E-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs (das) Ekel
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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