Ellen
[ˈɛlən]
The verdict
“Ellen” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,181
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Elle
Corpus desk
Index DE-ellen · Ellen · German
Ellen · rank #9,181 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,181
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Elektronik
Nearest frequency peer: Elektronik (-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 „Ellen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Einstein
Einstein
90,823 corpus weight
- einzugehen
einzugehen
90,822 corpus weight
- Elektronik
Elektronik
90,821 corpus weight
- Ellen
Ellen
90,820 corpus weight
- entertainme…
entertainment
90,819 corpus weight
- entzogen
entzogen
90,818 corpus weight
What this shows „Ellen“ 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 | Ellen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛlən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ellen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ellen (IPA [ˈɛlən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,181 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 Ellen, with forms such as "eleln", "elen", and "ellenn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eule", "even", "Eren", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ellen, spelled E-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Elle
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Elle
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Elle
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Elle
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eleln
- elen
- ellenn
- ellne
- lelen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ellen - 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 "Ellen", 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).